Everything Happens

It was his fault! Ma, he's here and Michael isn't and it's his fault! I want to believe everything happens for a reason- No, no, no Everything happens, just that Everything happens An event, or a death A catastrophe Any reason as to why Is a reason you supply It just happens Everything happens It's not fate, no great plan It's not destiny Putting faith in that cliche Gives your own free will away When things happen And they will happen You can waste your whole damn life Assigning bits of philosophic meaning To the failures and misfortunes intervening And I'll tell you what you'll get Just a lifetime of regret No, no, no There is no reason for why Everything happens It's the changing of a season It's a fact And it's a constant And the only sane response Is to adjust Not to wish it hadn't happened When it must Now the church will tell you one thing And your friends, perhaps another If I were you I'd listen To your slightly dotty mother Who lost out on her own fair share Of good times and of laughter Listen What matters when things happen Is what happens after