For Annaa

Long live the queen by Frank Turner

I was sipping on a whiskey when I got that call

my friend Lex was lying in the hospital

she'd been pretty sick for about half a year

but it seemed like this time the end was drawing near

so I dropped my plans and jumped the next London train

I found her laid up and in a lot of pain

her eyes met mine and then I understood

that the forecast wasn't looking too good

So I sat and spun her stories for a little while

Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile

But she silenced all my ramblings with the shake of a head

drew me close to listen and this is what she said:

"Now you live to dance another day

but now you have to dance for the two of us

so stop looking so damn depressed

sing with all your heart the queen is dead yeah"

She told me she was sick with all the hospital food

of doctors, distant relatives draining her blood

she said "I know im dying ... but im not finished just yet I'm dying for a drink and for a cigarette"

So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel

the Center of the city, and to raise some hell

lay waste to all the clubs

and when everyone else is long asleep

then we will know were good and done

"You live to dance another day

but now you have to dance for the two of us

so stop looking so damn depressed

sing with all your heart the queen is dead "

South London's not the same anymore

the queen is dead, the last of the greats!

has finally gone to bed

Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up

she said that Lex had gone to sleep and wasn't waking up

well even though I knew that there was nothing to be done

I felt bad for not been there and now well she was gone

So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do

at times like this when I was feeling blue

so I gathered up some friends and spread the sad,sad news

and we headed to the city for a drink or two

and we sang:

"we live to dance another day

its jut now we have to dance for one more of us

so stop looking so damn depressed

sing with all our hearts

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!"

It is apparently about a friend of his who died from breast cancer. But it works for me too, even if Annaa died from a stroke.