"It's Only Life" is a song performed by The Shins, issued as the second single from their album Port of Morrow.
The song was written by the band's lead singer James Mercer.
[3] Matt from A Heart is a Spade considered the song a "heart-on-sleeve" track and called its accompanying video "sentimental".
[5] The official music video for the song was directed by Hiro Murai.
[6] The band has performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman[7] and Saturday Night Live.