A Surprising New Perspective

Based on Portugal 1998
Alma Lusa — Se eu te pudesse abraçar

Lying awake and I'm staring
The ceiling stares back at me
Got my mind racing, had an awful thought
And my soul got so distraught

Life is at the halfway point
A surprising new perspective
Still so much to do, and oh so little time
Gotta run with this new insight

So I start my own band
Leather jacket, bike on hand
I tempt fate, roller skate
And redecorate my place

Join the gym, must get thin
Pick a sport, I need to win
I'll ignore my aching joints
Life is at the halfway point

Oh where did my childhood dreams go to?
Got drowned out by corporate life
One by one they shut down, I feel like a clown
I wonder: where are the laughs?

Life is at the halfway point
Think it's called a midlife crisis
And that's generous 'cause the last quarter of life
It is basically a countdown

Wanna shine, wanna thrive
Wanna travel far and wide
Open my own bakery
No more time for fakery

Buy a Porsche, make you gag
Get obsessed with laser tag
My new vigour I shall flaunt
Life is at the halfway point

Bleach my teeth and my hair
And I twerk my derrière
Favorite pic of my cat
On my shoulder as a tat

I'll wear crocs, I'll wear uggs
I might even try some drugs
Snort a line and smoke a joint
Life is at the halfway point