Live and Learn

I came home in the morning, and everything was gone.

Oh, what have I done? I dropped dead in the hallway, cursing the dawn: "Oh, come on, sun, why must I burn? I'm just trying to learn." I stared into the light to kill some of my pain; it was all in vain, 'cause no senses remained (but an ache on my body and regret on my mind). But I'll be fine, 'cause I live and I learn. If you live, you will learn.

Got kicked in the head, so I started a fight, 'cause I knew I was right; but I learned I was wrong. I remember a slaughter: I remember I fought for the money I brought. I got blistered and burned, and lost what I've earned. But I live and I learn.

I got it now.

I came to on a corner, with some help from a man. Goddamn, I don't seem to have learned that a lady in need is guilty indeed. So I paid and got laid in return.

And I don't know what I've learned.

Well, you get what you give (and hell, yes, I lived). But if you live as you learn, I don't think I can learn. With the sun in my eyes, surprise! I'm living a life. But I don't seem to learn.

No, I don't think I can learn.





Live and Learn - The Cardigans (no son los lyrics exactos, un poco adaptados para que sea prosa)