This Island Songtext / Lyric

I met the King of England once but the guys in the deli back home they don't believe me.

I ride my bike all around, 'round my hometown where nobody knows me.



Yeah they say that the problem is mine and I should take

Take a more positive line on the situation, when solutions are staring me right in the

Face it we've run out of time

But if I do what you'd say everything would be fine



Well

No thanks I'd rather sit here and die on this island

Can't you see that I need this to end, the end.

No thanks I'd rather sit here and die on this island

Can't you see that I need this to end, the end.



I had a dream about a song. It was so strong.

It made all the rights wrong

But when to write it all down. Capture the sound.

You won't believe what I found.






Yeah it all turned out bad, mad and sad when I played it,

it sounded like more like a fad that had lasted

a little too long than it had and I realized

that this was as good as it got.

There's no snowmen in hell cause it's too fuckin hot so



No thanks I'd rather sit here and die on this island

Can't you see that I need this to end, the end.

No thanks I'd rather sit here and die on this island

Can't you see that I need this to end, the end.



Yeah I thought that I knew who I was what did I know

of nothing or all the above did I mention

those hip new ideas I got from you last week

they sucked all the life out of life in a heartbeat

and ripped mine right out of my chest

and the kids saw right through

but you already knew that was true since

you tried it the first time in 1989 when

you were the one in my shoes and some asshole

like you told you what you should do when you do what

you do and you had to do it how he wanted you to

have you learned how to live with regret yet



I can't keep these these things in my head

If I turn out like you I will wish I was dead



No thanks I'd rather sit here and die on this island ...