To Be Or Not To Be Lyrics

So everyone's heard of that famous Shakespeare quote

But no one knows what it's actually about

The irony is that I didn't know because I was too depressed at uni

So I'm dedicating this to my acting teacher now. Better late than never

To be or not to be, that is the question

It's a question that I ask myself each day

To be or not to be is my discretion

As to whether or not I go or stay

Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer through time as arrows are fired

My outrageous fortune's messed up so I'm tired of putting my coat on to go

But do I take arms against a sea of troubles? No

I can't oppose to end or to die

Will it be a dream? Should I close my eyes and bow now, prematurely ending the play

Surely that'll put an end to the heartache of a

Thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to

More than my poor heart can take, so why can't I bear to just wipe the slate

How do we know that there's not an ill fate waiting for us when we wake

God only knows what we might face on the other side of the gate

To be or not to be, that is the question

It's a question that I ask myself each day

To feed or not to feed my strange obsession

Do I dare to take it all away

But I am devoutly wishing to die, to sleep, per chance to dream

So why can't I

Wheres the catch

Ah, there's the rub

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

A poisonous tempest of trouble and toil when we have shuffled off this mortal coil

Oh Lord, you're a fool, because we mortals can't see

We know what we are, but not what we may be

Between good and evil, well how do we know if that's just our thinking that's making it so

Will nothing come from nothing if I choose to give it up

Or maybe this lady doth protest too much

Me thinks that my guess is as good as yours

That should be enough to give us some pause

But if brevity is the soul of wit, then I've seen better days

I just i just need some light through that goddamn window to break

To be or not to be, that is the question

It's a question that I fight with every day

Yet being influenced by intervention

It seems to be the only way to play

The intellect that you collect won't rid you from your flaws

If anything, it's just gonna create a couple more

The things we expect don't always reflect aspects we neglect

So we're left with respect in mortal suspicion of this timeless tradition of us

All falling victim to the human condition is rife

To have or not to have this life, to end or not to end this strife

To grab or not to grab the knife, do I ride out this calamity or say

So long life

To be or not to be, that is the question

It's a question that I ask myself each day

To be or not to be, is that my confession

Because obviously I'd rather not feel this way

To be or not to be, that is my question

It's a question I've been asking now for years

To go or not to go when you don't know the right direction

Careful not to be distracted by your fears

To be or not to live, that is my question

If you've never been asked, then lucky you

To be or not to be is my discretion

To end or not to end this strife

That makes calamity of this

So long life

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