THEY TOLD US MONEY COULDN’T BUY HAPPINESS. SO WE BOUGHT EVERYTHING ELSE. WE GREW UP AROUND BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND LEARNED EARLY THAT BEAUTY HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE. THE FAST CARS. THE LATE NIGHTS. THE EMPTY BOTTLES. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE AND THEN WEREN’T. WE CALLED IT LIVING BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE A BETTER WORD FOR IT. YOUTH WAS NEVER MEANT TO LAST. NEITHER WAS FAME. NEITHER WAS FORTUNE. EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY ENDS UP IN A BOX, IN A FRAME, OR IN SOMEONE ELSE’S MEMORY. RICH KIDS FUNERAL IS A MEMORIAL TO THE LIFE WE REFUSED TO LIVE QUIETLY. THEY TOLD US MONEY COULDN’T BUY HAPPINESS. SO WE BOUGHT EVERYTHING ELSE. WE GREW UP AROUND BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND LEARNED EARLY THAT BEAUTY HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE. THE FAST CARS. THE LATE NIGHTS. THE EMPTY BOTTLES. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE AND THEN WEREN’T. WE CALLED IT LIVING BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE A BETTER WORD FOR IT. YOUTH WAS NEVER MEANT TO LAST. NEITHER WAS FAME. NEITHER WAS FORTUNE. EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY ENDS UP IN A BOX, IN A FRAME, OR IN SOMEONE ELSE’S MEMORY. RICH KIDS FUNERAL IS A MEMORIAL TO THE LIFE WE REFUSED TO LIVE QUIETLY.
