Afterlife

[Intro]
(One, two, three)

[Verse 1]
You made Pentecostals laugh long enough to suss them out
Believin' you were bigger than small talk
Changed medications twice, curbed the pull of suicide
But lost in the bottom of the ninth to a walk-off

[Verse 2]
13 years old, the first time you saw snow
Some freak fluke off the coast of Corpus
Ran away at 15 but came home on Christmas Eve
Your dad bought you a ticket right back to Houston

[Chorus]
When it's time to go
I wish I could say I knew for sure
The difference 'tween born again and buried alive
Either way, you're famous enough for an afterlife

[Verse 3]
Off the wagon more than once but no one thought you'd given up
A closet full of two-piece suits in every color
When I finally conceded, believed enough to be leavin'
You were just comin' around to the idea

[Bridge]
This could all work out: waging war from the couch
Meltin' shell and gun into nail and hammer
For the great rebuildin' of the way this never has been
But, nevertheless, gets misremembered

[Chorus]
When it's time to go
I wish I could say I knew for sure
The difference 'tween born again and buried alive
Either way, you're famous enough for an afterlife

[Outro]
Man, I guess you're famous enough for an afterlife