"Make It Out Alive" lyrics

There's a man in California, he is working on a cure
He can see a future where we don't die anymore
Chasing down perfection, oh, that bright and shining pearl
All you have to do is give up living in the world

Looking like a vampire, 'cause he's hiding from the sun
Though he's 48, the data says his heart is 21
He may live forever, but I wonder what that's worth
If you're still around then, ask him - I'll be hidden in the earth

I got my own bag of tricks to circumvent the pain
I covered up the sky as my defense against the rain
All I ever wanted was to know that I was safe
But I've learned about a few things I cannot escape

I was sitting with a friend of mine, we were clothed in grief
We had lost somebody that we hadn't got to meet
She turned to me and whispered, you know, it'll be alright
The funny thing with living's no one makes it out alive

You know, I've heard a story that somebody found a cure
I can see a future where we don't die anymore
Fallen seeds to bury with new branches to unfurl
So in the meantime, I think I'll keep on living in the world
There's a kind of hope in singing all the songs that make us cry
And it'll be OK if we don't make it out alive