If your lonely heart is aching,
think you can't take any more,
you have to cup your hands to keep the light
I will lean across your shoulder
and whisper in your ear
that this is life
If you're old enough to face it,
you are old enough to fake it,
to get what you desire and still ask why
Then I'll tap you on the shoulder
and whisper in your ear
that this is life
This is what you struggled for,
no reprisals, no resistance,
this is life
Can you answer me a question-
Have you lain awake at night,
the blinds undrawn, the ceiling streaked with light?
You feel tired but you can't sleep,
feel so hungry you can't eat-
Well, this is life
Has your courage seemed to fail you
as you take your chosen path?
You pass a camel through a needle's eye
Get up in tiny little pieces
and you've learnt the major rule:
that this is life
This is what you waited for,
no rehearsals, no more stalling,
this is life
Have it tattooed on the inside
of your pink and sleepy eyelids;
This is life
This is life
(solo)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
grow more foolish than we can ever guess
You feel your nerve ends slowly coiling
and you hope the answer's "no", the answer's "yes"
This is what you struggled for,
no reprisals, no resistance,
this is life
This is what you waited for,
no rehearsals, no more stalling,
this is life
If you can't do what you ought,
lead by example, don't get caught,
'cause this is life
Uh, this is life
This is life
This is life
This is life
This is life