50,000 Lyrics - Sting

Another obituary in the paper today 

One more for the list of those who've already fallen 

Another one of our comrades is taken down 

Like so many others of our calling 

We tweet our anecdotes, our commentary 

Or we sing his songs in some sad tribute 

While the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell 

That he's no longer able to deny or refute 

50, 000 voices rising every time he'd sing 

And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him 

How well I remember the stadiums we played 

And the lights sweeping across a sea of 50, 000 souls we'd face 

A serious drug that you could never kick 

Or one that you couldn't imagine you'd ever replace 

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We flew like kites on the wings of amphetamine 

Secured only to a bass line and a snare drum beat 

But really what did any of it mean? 

When there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat 

50, 000 voices rising every time he'd sing 

And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him 

Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays 

Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away 

Reflecting now on my own past 

Inside this prison I've made of myself 

I'm feeling a little better today 

Although the bathroom mirror is telling me something else 

These lines of stress, one bloodshot eye 

The unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost 

Where did I put my spectacle case? 

I'm half blind and as deaf as any post 

Photos 

50, 000 hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me 

We create the gods we can and gift them immortality 

Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays 

Rock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away