Everyone everywhere all the time Waiting on a soft messiah Everyone everywhere all the time Waiting on a simple sigh of relief And if you ever really died I would be surprised Life is long Long enough to be mean Life is short, short enough to mean something To those who long Those who long for longer The ebbing of your ebullience Is evident in every dent Come on let's kick some car doors in You're what I'd hoped that I'd lost Your wide eye'd hope that I'd lost You're what I'd really hoped that I'd lost How many blankets are in world? And how many blankets are in the world? And how many blankets have existed? Is there an answer if we can't have it? Life is long Long enough to be mean Life is short Short enough to mean something To those who long Those who long for longer Tonight, tonight is on The radio And it's 1998 And I'm alone But if it's Billy's song It's mine to hold You're what I'd hoped that I'd lost Your wide eye'd hope that I'd lost You're what I'd really hoped that I'd lost