Flowers
Hurt Lyrics

The children will sing
The innocent and joyful will be oblivious to the harsh realities of life

A song in the streets
Everyone will hear the inevitable truth

Sounds like the 23rd psalm
The song will echo the themes of redemption and salvation, common in religious scriptures

To music of 21 guns
The melody will be ironic, composed of the sounds of destruction

The flowers are dead
The beauty of life is fleeting and temporary

In a vase by the bed
Evidence of the past remains, haunting those in the present

On the place where the old woman died
The finality of death is inescapable

It's the same place she started her life
From the beginning to the end, life is a cycle

Papers will all say her name
Society reduces life to a mere footnote, a label on a page

And probably print the wrong date
Even in death, the details of life can be distorted or forgotten

The day that you die,
Death is inevitable and unpredictable

'Cause we're all gonna die
No one is exempt from the inevitability of death

Cute little puppies and bunnies and birds
Even the innocent and defenseless will suffer death

People who sing when they don't know the words
Life can be lived without understanding its true purpose

It's just part of life
Death is a natural occurrence, an intrinsic part of existence

All men, women, children, hermaphrodites too
All living beings are subject to death, regardless of gender or sexual orientation

Animals, aliens and certainly you
Not only humans, but all forms of life are susceptible to death

Start saying goodbye
Life is temporary, and we must cherish each moment before it is gone

From the moment you start up this miserable life
Life may be difficult, but it is the only way to experience the beauty of existence

You should know that it's only a matter of time
No one can escape the eventuality of their own mortality

And the morons at labels who think they know tunes
Even those who believe they are immune to death will suffer the same fate

The army of lawyers that threaten to sue
Those who wield power or wealth are not exempt from the inevitability of death

The hookers that blow them when I just want food
Even those who engage in immoral or desperate behavior will eventually face death

And the asshats that download and never bought tunes
Even those who take without giving will eventually lose all that they have

You should die
Those who deny the truth of death are living in ignorance

All Protestants, Catholics and Orthadox Jews
No religion is exempt from the inevitability of death

You dumb Scientologists
Even those who believe in pseudoscience will suffer the same fate as everyone else

And guys who bend spoons
Even those with supposed supernatural powers will eventually face their own mortality

Well Buddhists, sort of
Even those who believe in reincarnation must face the end of a particular life

And Athiests too
Even those who deny the existence of an afterlife will face the finality of death

All you whackjob believers
No matter how bizarre or unconventional one's beliefs, they cannot change the fact of death

Nobody's immune
No one can escape death, regardless of their beliefs or status

Kiss your ass goodbye
Death is the end of existence, and there is no escaping it

And sarcastic song writers
Even those who use humor or irony to cope with the inevitability of death will eventually face it

Guys with tattoos
Even those who express their individuality or defiance through body art will eventually face death

Drummers and bassists and engineers too
Even those who create or manipulate sound cannot escape the finality of death

And every last person that sang in this room
Everyone, including the singers of this song, will suffer the same fate

Yeah we're all gonna die
The inevitability of death is an undeniable fact of life