verse 1: Well, every living organism at one time was dust An assemblage of atoms from our atmosphere and crust These bits they come together, but only for a time From that very first self-replicator oozing from the slime We exist and then we don't, that's just how we do and... Everyone you know someday will also be dead too We're all gonna die We're all gonna die It's the one sure thing on which every living thing can rely We're all gonna die We're all gonna die Everyone so far has died too There's not a thing that you can do And you and me and us we're all gonna dieeeeeeee! verse 2: Well, many folks will hope that there's a way out of this song That if we think real hard and act real tough somehow we'll get along We'll fix those telomeres, digitize our brains Freeze our dying bodies 'till the remedy's attained Well, I have some bad news for you, you can't outrun the hearse, The explosion of the sun or heat death of the universe We're all gonna die We're all gonna die It's the one sure thing on which every living thing can rely We're all gonna die We're all gonna die The singularity won't save you There's not a thing that you can do And you and me and us we're all gonna dieeeeeeee! verse 3: The marvelous truth of it all is that death is such a gift Because the only reason we can die is that we even live The improbability of life and you and me and us That we exist at all to sniff and kiss and taste and hear and touch We've used our minds to make so many awesome things somehow Including all of the words in the song you're listening to right now We're all gonna die We're all gonna die It's the one sure thing on which every living thing can rely We're all gonna die We're all gonna die It's the one thing you can't live through There's not a thing that you can do And you and me and us we're all gonna di-i-i-i-i-ie