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The Human Race

from The Human Race EP by Ben Ricketts

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(Bending and breaking, we're)

Nobody knows just why we do all the things we often do. The convict and the preacher die. Nobody makes it out alive. The poet and reporter write about the daytime and the night. So here's a toast to the human race that's flying circles all through space. You gotta go home, and you may only go alone. So live your life in love and peace, and rest your head in silent ease. The stories of our lives are told until the tellers get too old. Stories pass on about them, and then more stories from their kids. We wrestle angels in our dreams and slaughter giants with out slings. Our glory shows in severed heads, but in the end, no glory's left. It is all death and decay. The crime is done, and no one's blamed. So go to sleep. It's all alright. Wrestle angels for the night. So raise a glass to life and death. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy the rest. Enjoy the moon. Enjoy the sun. Enjoy everything and everyone. Leave a record for the kids to tell them all the things we did. Tell them what they won't even hear. Our mark won't be made, I often fear. So here's a toast to the human race, to all the souls who leave this place. Here's a song sung for the dead and to the grave that we all head. So this is the portrait of a life. This is the struggle of being alive. These are my words to falling friends: Prepare yourself. This is the end. It's all over. It's all done. We're all over. We're all done. We're all bending and breaking. We're all broken. We need fixing.

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from The Human Race EP, released March 6, 2013

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