He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Telling Layla's story spoken
'Bout how all her bones are broken
Hammers fall on all the pieces
Two months in the cover creases
Here she stands today
In her brilliant shining way
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
All my complaints shrink to nothing
I'm ashamed of all my somethings
She's glad for one day of comfort
Only because she has suffered
Here she stands today
In her brilliant shining way
Stronger than her pain
In her brilliant shining way
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
'Bout how all her bones are broken
Hammers fall on all the pieces
Two months in the cover creases
Here she stands today
In her brilliant shining way
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
All my complaints shrink to nothing
I'm ashamed of all my somethings
She's glad for one day of comfort
Only because she has suffered
Here she stands today
In her brilliant shining way
Stronger than her pain
In her brilliant shining way
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Fully alive
More than most, ready to smile, and love life
Lyrics submitted by Element SC 361, edited by Jamie6, Caasi
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