vida

It's a song lyric.

"You can't live your life by lyrics."

That was Stevo, right?
The one from SLC Punk.

But the point is........
"the Serene Chick" became semi-vegetarian because Kurt Cobain said "It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings."
and everyone said that was bullshit

if I had followed that one line, the one that became such a big awkward surprising deal

I'd be dead

so let's not do that