It's Better To Be Dead

I present to you a story

set upon a northern shore

the denizens of lighthouse

during times of war

the foolish things they did

the foolish things they said

im sure you will agree

they would be better off dead

lilly keeps the lighthouse

she's afraid the unknown

she's no ray of sunshine

so mostly she's alone

and no one cares about her longing

or the dreams on which she fed

and though im sad to say it

she would be better off dead

next we have a sheriff

charles is his name

hes something of a sideshow

every sheriff is the same

will he stand for justice

or something else instead

either way it hardly matters

hes better off dead

when everything is done

and everything is said

life is naught but pain

its better to be dead

release your heavy heart

rest your weary head

when all the world's at war

it's better, it's better

witness yasujiro

he hails from old japan

he searches for redemption

in this strange and foreign land

and now he works for lilly

to earn his daily bread

but the most that one can say

is that hes better off dead

please welcome young christopher

hes come here on a train

his father flew to heaven

on a fiery aeroplane

hes come to live with lilly

and hes got visions in his head

he may be our main attraction

but hes better off dead

when everything is done

and everything is said

life is naught but pain

its better to be dead

release your heavy heart

rest your weary head

when all the world's at war

it's better to be dead

everything is done

all things are said

its good to be a ghost

its better, its better to be dead

its good to be a ghost

its better to be dead