Life Is on Standby - Lyrics
© 2018 Grahame Waghorn 

Outside it’s as hot as hell 
Sun fills the sky
It’s hard to breathe, it's hard to talk
Life is on standby
Drag myself down the stairs
Where it’s cool and comforting
Down in the basement again
Down in the basement again 

Every year it’s getting hotter 
New highs every day 
My whisky glass is slowly sweating 
As the ice melts away 
Forced inside by the rising tide
Where I can numb the pain
Down in the basement again 
Down in the basement again 

You say that it’s all a hoax 
Is that one of your jokes? 
I can barely see the mirrors 
Through all of your smoke 
Pour myself a stiffer drink
While the truth is brushed aside 
Down in the basement again 
Down in the basement again