The Magnetic Fields - I Was Born lyrics

I was born, I hate this part Being someone new Being torn, seeing someone who died as you grew Growing older is k**ing a child Who laughed and smiled at anything Growing colder and less and less wild And learning to sing I was young, then not so young: Scary either way One more rung down that black ladder every day One more floor down the elevator To oblivion, what fun But the singularly awful one Is being born