Double Life/Half Life

[jeff robertson]

HALF LIFE
by Jeff Robertson and the Neo-Candylanders

trees that blossom in the spring
in every gentle breeze they sway
flowers fall like autumn leaves
soon they will be gone away

when i lay me down to die
never let them say that i
only lived one half a life
only lived one half a life

every flowing little stream
finds its way into the sea
every single thing we do
leads us to our destiny

when i lay me down to die
never let them say that i
only lived one half a life
only lived one half a life

child is born into the world
growing stronger every day
soon they will be growing up
they will take our place someday

when i lay me down to die
never let them say that i
only lived one half a life
only lived one half a life

[thebreadbox]

"Half Life"

Curium must be the element
Of which my sanity's comprised
Unstable from my birth
Now I'm wasting away before your eyes

My mental health's decaying
And at the rate it's breaking down
I've only ten more years
Before I'm asylum bound.

[Steve Durand]

Half Life


By Steve Durand


I always wanted to be a quantum physicist
And perform experiments in my laboratory
I'd like to unlock the secrets of the universe
And maybe I could make some great discovery

I used to think that everything was relative
But now I have conflicting data running through my head
I want to calculate the wave function for everything
And I always wonder if my cat's alive or dead

My colleague said I need balance in my life
Mr. Spock is not a guy to emulate
I asked what can I do to improve my EQ
So he set me up with a date

I talked for hours about the Copenhagen school
Until she said that I was boring her to death
But I explained to her not so much Bohr, but Heisenberg
She was moving very quickly when she left
But her present location is uncertain

I suppose I don't know how to talk to girls
They're never interested in isotope decay
Or any other topic that I know about
It always seems that they just wish I'd go away

As a rule it isn't cool to pursue the sciences
And if you do then they'll call you a dweeb or geek or nerd
Sometimes it's almost like a crime to not be popular
Seems to me that it is just a way to cull the herd

Everyone else seems to have a social life
Why do I find it so hard to relate
I think its a shame but if I don't learn the game
How will I ever procreate

I always wanted to be a quantum physicist
But maybe also have a family and a wife
But now to me it seems to be a distant possibility
When you're lacking social skills it's only half a life

[jast]

Half Life by Jan Krüger

I'm living a half life, the days blend together
Nothing happens to me
I'm feeling no pain, I'm not feeling the weather
I just walk towards infinity
There's nothing that I ever see

There's only one pull that I feel and it's strong, oh so strong
There's only one thing I can steal and it feels oh so wrong
I take it and break it, it turns into pure energy
And just a while later my hunger gets greater than I'd ever thought it could be

I'm living a half life, I don't even know
How many brains I have had
I just know that I can't imagine a feast
That's quite as treacherous as that
No other withdrawal is that bad

There's only one thing in my days and it's short-lived elation
It tempts me in so many ways, yet eternal damnation returns once the high wears off
A nice juicy brain, I can almost feel pain when I tear its owner apart
It doubles my life but just five minutes later I know that no number of brains can awaken my heart
'Til death do me part

A trail of destruction is all that I leave behind
I guess that should mean something, but I just find I can't mind
I'm living a half life, in every way I am blind
I wish that someone could kill me, but fate's not that kind