“Lifespan” is the 10th track on the 2016 Vaults album Caught In Still Life. It was first released in 2014 as a single after the trio was signed to Virgin EMI.
Stereogum premiered the song on July 15, 2014. The song was described on Stereogum as follows: “'Lifespan'” is one of those songs that sou...
[Verse 1]
It's gone too far, and you're too gone
Could you hide a moment from the sun?
And how come, it's only some
Of us that get to look back when we're done?
[Chorus]
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
[Verse 2]
You had too much, and it caught up
The tide will turn for no one in the end
And there's no time, in this lifespan
To break apart the walls you used to tend
[Chorus]
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
[Post-Chorus]
And the eyes close, as the light fades
On the last shot, of a lifespan
And the eyes close, as the light fades
On the last shot, of a lifespan
[Chorus]
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
Oh, you took what you wanted to take
And yet you never wanted nothing from me
[Outro]
And the eyes close, as the light fades
On the last shot, of a lifespan
Lifespan was written by Blythe Pepino & Barney Freeman & Ben Vella.
Lifespan was produced by Vaults.