I present to you a story

Set upon a northern shore

The denizens of lighthouse

During times of war



The foolish things they did

The foolish things they said

I'm sure you will agree

They would be better off dead



Lily keeps the lighthouse

She's afraid of the unknown

She's no ray of sunshine

So mostly she's alone



And no one cares about her longing

Or the dreams on which she's fed

And though I'm sad to say it

She would be better off dead



Next we have a sheriff

Charles is his name

He's something of a sideshow

Every sheriff is the same



Will he stand for justice

Or something else instead?

Either way it hardly matters

'Cause he's better off dead



When everything is done

And everything is said

Life is naught but pain

It's better to be dead



Release your heavy heart

Rest your weary head

When all the world's at war

It's better, it's better



Witness Yasujiro

He hails from old Japan

He searches for redemption

In this strange and foreign land



And now he works for Lily

To earn his daily bread

But the most that one can say

Is that he's better off dead



Please, welcome young Christopher

He's come here on a train

His father flew to heaven

In a fiery aeroplane



He's come to live with Lily

He's got visions in his head

He may be our main attraction

But he's better off dead



When everything is done

And everything is said

Life is naught but pain

It's better to be dead



Release your heavy heart

Rest your weary head

When all the world's at war

It's better to be dead



Everything is done

All things have been said

It's good to be a ghost

It's better, it's better to be dead



It's good to be a ghost

It's better to be dead