I opened a bar for all my friends

Who have no work and for the ones who do have work

To safely vomit what they′ve earned into the hall

Underneath the disco ball

I opened a bar for arctic plates

Where they can melt on microwaves

And I opened a bar for veterans

To chat about dismemberments

To smash some faces when they're bored

And raise their glass to presidents

Fall asleep before they′re old

Today, today, hurray, hurray

I opened a bar

I opened a bar for my boyfriend

The one who always held my hand in public places when me drank

For him to wonderfully spend the night with this new lover

And whispering lyrics of romance that they can't write or understand

I will start a clever hashtag trend

Oh, we mostly grow by dying

Today, today, hurray, hurray

I opened a bar

I opened a bar for myself

A purely self-loving event

In case I suddenly fall ill and chemo will not take effect

Instead of spending weeks in bed attached to intravenous drips

And I have never taken drugs, so why start now?

Where I can climb the neon ads

From the street up to the top

An independent European

Who has never needed someone

To blow the whole thing up

Hurray, hurray, today, today

I opened a bar

A bar, a bar, a bar, a bar

Today, today, hurray, hurray

I opened a bar, a bar

I opened a bar for my mother

To explore when she discovers

That I passed and she may long for

A place to find the clues