This Is Life

If your lonely heart is aching Think you can't take any more You have to cup your hands to keep the light I will lean across your shoulder And whisper in your ear That this is life If you're old enough to face it You are old enough to fake it To get what you desire and still ask why Then I'll tap you on the shoulder And whisper in your ear That this is life This is what you struggled for No reprisals, no resistance This is life Can you answer me a question- Have you lain awake at night The blinds undrawn, the ceiling streaked with light? You feel tired but you can't sleep Feel so hungry you can't eat- Well, this is life Has your courage seemed to fail you As you take your chosen path? You pass a camel through a needle's eye Get up in tiny little pieces And you've learnt the major rule: That this is life This is what you waited for No rehearsals, no more stalling This is life Have it tattooed on the inside Of your pink and sleepy eyelids; This is life This is life Absence makes the heart grow fonder Grow more foolish than we can ever guess You feel your nerve ends slowly coiling And you hope the answer's "no", the answer's "yes" This is what you struggled for No reprisals, no resistance This is life This is what you waited for No rehearsals, no more stalling This is life If you can't do what you ought Lead by example, don't get caught Cause this is life Uh, this is life This is life This is life This is life This is life