[verse]
Dust and sand
Swallowed my mind
No rain for days
Heat beating-down on my brain
Surrounded by ocean
Don’t drink the water
Sheets of iron crashing around my head
Related to the devil’s daughter
If I keep running I’ll be dead
But I can’t hide from the slaughter
Southern star you’ve got me this far
Save me from this mortal terror

[chorus]
Such is life
So they say
Ned Kelly brought to life
Hero for a day
You can see in my eyes
I’ve still got nothing to say
Running not hiding
See my armour on display
This is what they call surviving
Camouflage intent on hiding
Such is life, such is life
Ned Kelly brought to life
Hero for a day

[verse]
No boat, no hope
I could walk, into the never ending centre
Surrounded by trees
They can’t follow me
Lost to myself forever
But will they forget about me
Exiled to the here-after
And the black night sky
Scattered with stars, screaming
Such is life, such is life
Will I surrender
To be remembered forever

[chorus]
Such is life
So they say
Ned Kelly brought to life
Hero for a day
You can see in my eyes
I’ve still got nothing to say
Running not hiding
See my armour on display
This is what they call surviving
Camouflage intent on hiding
Such is life, such is life
So they say, so they say
Ned Kelly brought to life
Hero for a day

[bridge]
Ambush after dark
They always get you in the heart
It’s all about survival
Until you’re lost
A ghost departing in the dust
Such is life, such is life
So they say
Ned Kelly brought to life
Hero for a day
(Hero for a day)