One man's life is another man's myth A distortion of words, changing with every new passing Sun Like Truth, rising from the bottom of her well Kipling was right, she returns home and the story runs The best you had wasn't good enough while your heart was beating But now that the curtain's drawn, you're legend's breathing They always love you when you're dead Oblivion has a new star Ain't that a final kick in the head How everyone loves you when you're dead A great inscription, was that the life long goal A passing milestone for an afterlife worthy of headlines Another soldier, braving the odds on an desolate hill Or a stowaway on the Titanic, descending below the waterline The best you had wasn't good enough while your heart was beating But now that the curtain's drawn, you're legend's breathing They always love you when you're dead Oblivion has a new star Ain't that a final kick in the head How everyone loves you when you're dead Hushabye, be a good little boy and go to sleep Hushabye, be a nice little girl and close your eyes Hushabye, you know everything will be better now Now that the curtain's drawn, your legend's breathing They always love you when you're dead Oblivion has a new star Ain't that a final kick in the head How everyone loves you when you're dead