Life’s what you make it

R.I.P. Mark David Hollis (4 January 1955 February 25, 2019)

Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It

The video is haunting, the words have meaning for all of us. Reminds me to live my life, we never know how long we have got.

Baby, life’s what you make it
Can’t escape it
Baby, yesterday’s favorite
Don’t you hate it
Baby life’s what you make it
Don’t back date it
Baby, don’t try to shade it
Beauty is naked

Baby, life’s what you make it
Celebrate it
Anticipate it
Yesterday’s faded
Nothing can change it
Life’s what you make it

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