Album Name

57TH & 9TH (Deluxe Edition)

Artist

Sting

Genre

록/메탈

Release Date

2016.11.11

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

50,000 (New Ver.) - Sting
Another obituary
in the paper today
One more for the list
of those who've already fallen
Another one of our comrades
is taken down
Like so many others
of our calling
We tweet our anecdotes
our commentary
Or we sing his songs
in some sad tribute
While the tabloids are holding
a story of kiss and tell
That he's no longer
able to deny or refute
50000 voices rising
every time he'd sing
And every word he ever wrote
reflecting back to him
How well I remember
the stadiums we played
And the lights sweeping across
a sea of 50000 souls we'd face
A serious drug
that you could never kick
Or one that you couldn't imagine
you'd ever replace
We flew like kites on the wings
of amphetamine
Secured only to a bass line
and a snare drum beat
But really what did any of it mean
When there's a higher philosophy
in reflection and defeat
50000 voices rising
every time he'd sing
And every word he ever wrote
reflecting back to him
Still believing that old lie
the one that your own face betrays
Rock Stars don't ever die
they only fade away

Reflecting now on my own past
Inside this prison
I've made of myself
I'm feeling a little better today
Although the bathroom mirror
is telling me something else
These lines of stress
one bloodshot eye
The unhealthy pallor
of a troubled ghost
Where did I put
my spectacle case
I'm half blind and
as deaf as any post
50000 hands are raised to a man
that's just like you and me
We create the gods
we can and gift them immortality
Still believing that old lie
the one that your own
face betrays
Rock Stars don't ever die
they only fade away