The Toilet That Killed Elvis

Doin' heavy drugs with petty thugs by the entry of the club

We didn't get too many hugs when we were young

She was beautiful and so she stripped

It's sad but no one gave a shit

Worked double shifts, saved up tips

But really no one gave a shit

Our heroes were weirdos with no fears or career goals

Through the years they disappeared

Sometimes it feels like they're still here though

And I'm hurtin' but we all are

And I've heard there are no small parts

We are all stars, go on, uh huh, tra la la la

I want the toilet that killed Elvis

And the needle that killed Sid

Give me the bottle that killed Billie

And the bullet that killed Big

The whiskey took our Winehouse

Our Janis, and our Jim

You'll get older and you'll realize

They were just a bunch of kids

A disclaimer for the neighbors

The strangers, teenage content creators

Just trying to be famous makes for dangerous behaviors

But whether you're a lover or fighter, run for your life

Or become a survivor

Comfortable under the cover's attire

Up from another all-nighter

Our heroes were weirdos, deviate from ones and zeroes

They just left us here though, waiting for a miracle

And you're hurtin' but we all are

And I heard there are no small parts

We are all stars, go on, uh huh, tra la la la

I want the toilet that killed Elvis

And the needle that killed Sid

Give me the bottle that killed Billie

And the bullet that killed Big

The whiskey took our Winehouse

Our Janis, and our Jim

You'll get older and you'll realize

They were just a bunch of kids

Mad men build castles in the sky (castles in the sky)

Geniuses build the stairs to them

But most of them don't ever even try (most don't even try)

'Cause failure is embarrassing

Mad men build castles in the sky (castles in the sky)

Geniuses build the stairs to them

But most I know just die (most I know just die)

(New ways of living, and new thinking, have laid the foundation for most of what is good in life today, with the promise of more tomorrow.)