There are many things I don't prefer   But I am not particular   There are many things I haven't seen   But none of those things bother me   I'd rather be a sleeper than a martyr   I'd rather be a child than a father   I'd rather be a beggar than a choser   I'd rather never make a choice again      I could tell you what I'd rather be    If everything were up to me   But none of it would ever make me happy   When I start to use the future tense   My mouth dries up, my eyes expand   To empty globes impermanent like people      There are many things that I have not done   I am full of spite towards each and every one   There are many things that I have never tried   They will remain that way until the day I die   I'd rather be a failure than a dreamer   I'd rather never know than know at all   I'd rather die today than live forever   I'd rather that I'd never lived at all      I could tell you what I'd rather be    If everything were up to me   But none of it would ever make me happy   When I start to use the future tense   My mouth dries up, my eyes expand   To empty globes impermanent like people      Ever since I had the thought that everything I know will all be gone   I've been scared to think   Ever since I figured out that nothing anybody does will mean   A god damn thing      I've decided I would rather be a christian   I don't believe in god, but what's belief?   Of course I wouldn't want an afterlife in heaven   Hell's the only place I'd rather be