Life is Death

©2021 Garrett Clevenger

Chorus:

C  F  G  C Death is life. Life is death. When you go you’re out of breath.

F  G  C When you’re gone I’ll be sad you left. 

G  F  C  When you go I’ll be sad life is death.

Bb    C See carrion beetles eat flesh of a deer that 

Gm  Bb  F perished being killed by a car. 

F    C Driven by a man whose mother just died. His 

Bb  F  Gm  G mind was stuck in a jar. It’ll leave a scar.

Chorus:

C  F  G  C Death is life. Life is death. When you go you’re out of breath.

F  G  C When you’re gone I’ll be sad you left. 

G  F  C  When you go I’ll be sad life is death.

Bb    C The beetles lay their eggs. The larva hatch out,

Gm  Bb  F breaking down the flesh left behind.

F    C Those who we love hurt us the most,

Bb  F  Gm  G especially when they’re out of time and go and die.

Bridge:

Am    Em 

C    G

Am    Em

F  C  G

Am    Em Everyone you know will go.

C    G They’ll be gone someday.

Am    Em Hold them close while you can.

F  C  G This ain’t just a cliche.

Chorus:

C  F  G  C Death is life. Life is death. When you go you’re out of breath.

F  G  C When you’re gone I’ll be sad you left. 

G  F  C  When you go I’ll be sad life is death.

Bb    C Now a tree is standing tall. Robins built their nest.

Gm  Bb  F Where the deer decomposed life thrives from his death.

F    C Recycling from fall to spring. Nothing disappears. 

Bb  F  Gm  G Sadness always lingers and always the fear of future tears.

Chorus:

C  F  G  C Death is life. Life is death. When you go you’re out of breath.

F  G  C When you’re gone I’ll be sad you left. 

G  F  C  When you go I’ll be sad life is death.

F  G  C When you’re gone I’ll be sad you left. 

G  F  C  When you go I’ll be sad life is death.

G  F  C  When I go may life spring from my death.