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How young are you gonna be when you die?
I guess I've never really thought about that
You're dying when you start thinking like that
All I know is time is undefeated so far

Get right with god before it's time
I hear the telephone works both ways
Think he could make a little effort someday
I got an awful lot going on with the things that I can see

And what I see are the reasons that I bleed
And the blood I give to her, and her
That's all there is

It's only love that keeps us here
These food and these drinks, they're all poison
And life is death
So die well with some good distractions
At the end there is only love

Separate these lives like there's a truth
How do you know and who the hell told you?
You've all been lying since you murdered my youth
I know you're gonna take what's left
But you'll never see me run

No, here I am
Can you see what's in these hands?
It's everything I need to see, to breathe, to feel

It's only love that keeps us here
These food and these drinks, they're all poison
And life is death
So die well with some good distractions
At the end there is only love

I lie awake on this earth
I lay with all that I love
And all I need on this earth
Not what's below or above

It's only love that keeps us here
These food and these drinks, they're all poison
And life is death
So die well with some good distractions
At the end there is only love
At the end there is only love
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tlv13wed On Apr 03, 2013
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Cover art for Only Love lyrics by Alkaline Trio

My favorite one in the new album My Shame Is True. the song is about the power of love. good or bad, life & death. we must stay positive and enjoy our life...

..... It's only love that keeps us here And this food and these dreams they are poison And life is good So die well with some good distractions At the end there is only love

Exactly! You have it right, sir.

Cover art for Only Love lyrics by Alkaline Trio

It's about living and dying well. Despite the fact that there are awful things that will happen to you in life, you must live a good one. He's also singing about how you shouldn't be worried about death, because that anxiety will diminish the quality of your life. Great song by a great lyricist. I don't like this album quite as much as This Addiction, but I do greatly enjoy My Shame Is True because of songs like this.

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Cover art for Only Love lyrics by Alkaline Trio

Thank you for adding the lyrics, but they are incorrect in one instance, at least. My source? The lyric book that came with the CD.

It is "And life is death," instead of "And life is good,"

But thank you very much for adding these.

 
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