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I woke the same as any other day
except a voice was in my head;
it said, "Seize the day, pull the trigger.
Drop the blade and watch the rolling heads."

The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
and gave it to the rich.

The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
and let the martyrs stretch,
singing.

One more time around might do it.
One more time around might make it.
One more time around might do it.
One more time around;
the day I tried to live.

Words you say never seem
to live up to the ones inside your head.
The lives we make never seem
to ever get us anywhere but dead.

The day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
all the other pigs.

I woke the same as any other day, you know.
I should have stayed in bed.

The day I tried to win
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
all the other pigs.

And I learned that I was a liar.

Just like you.

~ "The Day I Tried To Live" by Soundgarden