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Happiest Nihilist

from Never Quite Asleep by Younger Than Neil

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lyrics

People say I'm a little too cold.
Because I've gone through the emotions and let them go.
And I'm sorry if my method's getting old,
But it's the only way I know how to explode.

If life is meaningless then why not
Gun it until the engine stops?
Seeking pleasure, avoid pain.
Do what you want, don't refrain.
There's not use in feeding this onslaught
Of flashing distractions to our plot.
You're not creating by absorbing
Don't let "they lived" be your story.

My family says that I don't call enough
I feel much better alone, I'm not saying it's not tough.
Maybe that's ungrateful or bitter
But I can't be the bigger man if I'm such a fucking quitter.
I know how to get to where I'm going,
But you don't get a say, in criticizing what I chose.
And I know the hypocrisy you hear
But I'd never fall asleep, if being wrong was what I feared.

If life is meaningless then why not
Gun it until the engine stops?
Seeking pleasure, avoid pain.
Do what you want, don't refrain.
There's not use in feeding this onslaught
Of flashing distractions to our plot.
You're not creating by absorbing
Don't let "they lived" be your story.

I'll probably lose another year or two
Spent wasting my life instead of what I want to do.
But I don't have to believe in something
In order to know that win or lose it all means nothing.
I can never seem to draw what's in my mind
But I can put my words to paper and to me that's just as fine
I don't know how much longer I can care.
But the only other option is the void and honestly, it sounds boring there.


I may not be the brightest shining shit
But I'm the goddamn happiest nihilist.

If life is meaningless then why not
(I may not be the brightest shining shit)
Gun it until the engine stops?
(But I'm the goddamn happiest nihilist.)
Seeking pleasure, avoid pain.
(I may not be the brightest shining shit)
Do what you want, don't refrain.
(But I'm the goddamn happiest nihilist.)
There's not use feeding this onslaught
(I may not be the brightest shining shit)
Of flashing distractions to our plot.
(But I'm the goddamn happiest nihilist.)
You're not creating by absorbing
(I may not be the brightest shining shit)
Don't let "they lived" be your story.
(But I'm the goddamn happiest nihilist.)

You're not creating by absorbing
Don't let "they lived" be your story.

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from Never Quite Asleep, released January 10, 2018

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