Nathan Jarvis - What a Life lyrics

12 A.M He's at that punch clock again It's been a long night “What a life” he says, stepping into that parking lot Walking across to where his car is parked The autumn chill leaving it's mark with frost upon his windshield He starts his engine, sets his front and back defrost at 4- And begins to think, of course- That same thing that he thought last night and the night before that Like, what if he gets on the highway and Puts the pedal down on that floor mat and just goes Yeah man, he just goes Yeahh, he could be on the west coast in a couple days With rubber on the road and a soul on the way to a new beginning Living, listening to the low rumble of the radials spinning But fear is real, and uncertainty is fear And here he is, a man with a plan and a career "Who knows, maybe next year" He hears himself say into the rear-view mirror As the windshield clears for the moon overhead He pulls out of that parking lot, taking a right, instead of a left- He's Headin' home "Seize the day" they said He's Headin' home He puts on the radio and about 15 minutes in, he begins to feel it The winding yellow serpents The moon, the stars, the auburn leaves fluttering pa**ed- Making it seem as if he were traveling hyperspeed fast; Relaxed And with eyelids like boulders- He begins to fold into the droning of the old 5 cylinder motor But he's halfway home and this ain't his first rodeo, no sir He knows he'll make it Just keep going Just keep going, man What a life What a life, man Twisted up Spun Bathing in bright lights What a life Yeah- what a life, man Hovering over the wreckage With a bird's-eye view of an empty vessel He thinks back and he wonders “Man, what would have happened if I had taken that left? Too late now I guess” “What a life” he says Turning his back and laughing at the irony of his current state- Based off a decision he'd made for the sake of being safe ‘Cause when the array of lights that he may have made- Shaved the night and gave shape to a frayed landscape He died What a life