Before You Were Born
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
The meal of the day
Watching reflections in the window of the train
Dwindling away
The face of an angel plunging toward earth
A pack of gum and a gun in her purse
You're becoming some monster, impostor, or just like your father
She only drinks vodka, reading her Kafka, repeating the mantra
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
Breathing in and out
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
Going nowhere, spinning 'round
Fix my shirt, straighten my tie
Pretend that I'm not breaking inside
Fix my shirt, straighten my tie
We will not be taken alive
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until it all just fades away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until we all just fade away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until it all just fades away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until we all just fade away
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
Breathing in and out
Going nowhere, spinning 'round
It's torturous, of course it is
Time has run its course on us
Before you were born, I was dying
It's torturous, of course it is
Time has run its course on us
Before you were born, I was dying
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
Breathing in and out
If damnation is eternal
Then you are in it now
Going nowhere, spinning 'round
Fix my shirt, straighten my tie
Pretend that I'm not breaking inside
Fix my shirt, straighten my tie
We will not be taken alive
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until it all just fades away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until we all just fade away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until it all just fades away
If they didn't name the days
It would all just stay the same
Day to day until we all just fade away
Before you were born, I was dying
(Before you were born, I was dying)
Before you were born, I was dying
(Before you were born, I was dying)
Before you were born, I was dying
(Before you were born, I was dying)
Before you were born, I was dying
(Before you were born, I was dying)
Before you were born, I was dying
Antes de que Nacieras
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
La comida del día
Mirando reflejos en la ventana del tren
Desvaneciéndose
La cara de un ángel cayendo hacia la tierra
Un chicle y una pistola en su bolso
Te estás convirtiendo en un monstruo, impostor, o igual que tu padre
Ella solo toma vodka, leyendo a Kafka, repitiendo el mantra
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
Respirando dentro y fuera
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
Sin rumbo, girando
Arregla mi camisa, alisa mi corbata
Finge que no me estoy rompiendo por dentro
Arregla mi camisa, alisa mi corbata
No nos llevarán vivos
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todo se desvanezca
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todos nos desvanecemos
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todo se desvanezca
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todos nos desvanecemos
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
Respirando dentro y fuera
Sin rumbo, girando
Es tortuoso, claro que sí
El tiempo ha pasado su factura en nosotros
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
Es tortuoso, claro que sí
El tiempo ha pasado su factura en nosotros
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
Respirando dentro y fuera
Si la condena es eterna
Entonces ya estás en ella
Sin rumbo, girando
Arregla mi camisa, alisa mi corbata
Finge que no me estoy rompiendo por dentro
Arregla mi camisa, alisa mi corbata
No nos llevarán vivos
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todo se desvanezca
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todos nos desvanecemos
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todo se desvanezca
Si no nombraran los días
Todo seguiría igual
Día a día hasta que todos nos desvanecemos
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
(Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo)
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
(Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo)
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
(Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo)
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo
(Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo)
Antes de que nacieras, yo estaba muriendo