Are we fading? Do you live with a ghost?
I can taste it - we got so close
Was there any way out of Eden wide enough for two?
Feels like bleeding a stream of blue

So we cry like a baby, fall like the night
Curse like a sailor, avert our eyes
C’est la vie, that’s life

Good intentions, the eggshells abound
Circumvention, the run-around
Was there any way left to say it? These things you require
Stuck in place in a house on fire

So we lie like a preacher, hide like the stars
Break like a fever, tattoo the scars
C’est la vie so far

I remember that September sky
Curse the embers - you and I

We cry like a baby, fall like the night
Curse like a sailor, avert our eyes
And we fight for survival, save what we prize
And we pray for revival, we compromise
C’est la vie, that’s life