this is how it works
you’re young until you’re not
you love until you don’t
you try until you can’t
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath

this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some–
someone else’s heart
pumping someone else’s blood

and walking arm in arm
you hope it don’t get harmed
but even if it does
you’ll just do it all again
on the radio
you hear November rain
that solo’s awful long
but it’s a nice refrain
you listen to it twice
cause the DJ is asleep
on the radio…

- Regina Spektor, On The Radio

On The Radio, Regina Spektor

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don’t ask why
It’s not a question, but a lesson learned in time

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it’s worth it was worth all the while

It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right.

I hope you had the time of your life.

- Green Day, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Time of Your Life, Green Day

I went walking with ma mama one day,
when she warned me what people say,
"live your life until love is found,
cuz love’s gonna get you down."

Mama told me what I should know,
too much candy gonna rot your soul,
if she loves you, let her go,
cuz love only get’s you down.

- Mika, Lollipop