Makin' Up Stories Lyrics

Last few times that I talked to my dad, we talked about dyin'

About heartache and pain and regret and how everyone's tryin'

To make peace with it all in the end, when there ain't no use to pretend

And if we say that we're not afraid, well we're probably lyin'

There's too many things, we cannot explain

Yet every new verse just returns to this same old refrain

And we'll do anything to find some relief

We keep makin' up stories to try and make sense of our grief

Some people think Jesus, he died on the cross for our sins

Some think when this life is over, we'll come back again

Or we might just return to the earth, nature's cycle of death and rebirth

So head into the light, and let the adventure begin

There's too many things, we cannot explain

Yet every new verse just returns to this same old refrain

And we'll do anything to find some relief

We keep makin' up stories to try and make sense of our grief

We drop into this world, where we land seems as random as rain

Our parents, our country, our skin and our own special pain

In the end is there someone to thank, or someone to blame

Only thing that seems certain – we leave just the way that we came

There's too many things, we cannot explain

Yet every new verse just returns to this same old refrain

And we'll do anything to find some relief

We keep makin' up stories to try and make sense of our grief

We keep makin' up stories to try and make sense of our grief