It's Better To Be Dead Lyrics - Whisper House - Duncan Sheik

I present to you a story 

set upon a northern shore 

the denizens of lighthouse 

during times of war 

the foolish things they did 

the foolish things they said 

im sure you will agree 

they would be better off dead 

lilly keeps the lighthouse 

she's afraid the unknown 

she's no ray of sunshine 

so mostly she's alone 

and no one cares about her longing 

or the dreams on which she fed 

and though im sad to say it 

she would be better off dead 

next we have a sheriff 

charles is his name 

hes something of a sideshow 

every sheriff is the same 

will he stand for justice 

or something else instead 

either way it hardly matters 

hes better off dead 

when everything is done 

and everything is said 

life is naught but pain 

its better to be dead 

release your heavy heart 

rest your weary head 

when all the world's at war 

it's better, it's better 

witness yasujiro 

he hails from old japan 

he searches for redemption 

in this strange and foreign land 

and now he works for lilly 

to earn his daily bread 

but the most that one can say 

is that hes better off dead 

please welcome young christopher 

hes come here on a train 

his father flew to heaven 

on a fiery aeroplane 

hes come to live with lilly 

and hes got visions in his head 

he may be our main attraction 

but hes better off dead 

when everything is done 

and everything is said 

life is naught but pain 

its better to be dead 

release your heavy heart 

rest your weary head 

when all the world's at war 

it's better to be dead 

everything is done 

all things are said 

its good to be a ghost 

its better, its better to be dead 

its good to be a ghost 

its better to be dead