To Be Alive

from Darkness Only Knows by Beast Music

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lyrics

For too long I longed for a blade
To separate me from my substance
I was hunted haunted wanted by the waves
Just beyond the fingertips of so called justice

But just before the crypt
Towards the last page of the script
Full of breakups and make downs
We found our own way around it

The only thing I want to be
Is someone I would wanna be
And the only one I would wanna be
Is someone you would wanna be with

No I write rhymes each and every day
And yet sometimes it's difficult
To find new words to say
That I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

You and I
A ship on a stream of glass
Cutting away a poisoned past
Blades of grass
Cut with a blade of brass

Smash
The glass graveyard with one wave
Hard
You are my face card my ace

We walk the streets at night
We are what eagles dare
We walk the streets at night
We are what eagles dare

No I write rhymes each and every day
And yet sometimes it's difficult
To find new words to say
That I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

And I just want to
To be alive

credits

from Darkness Only Knows, released April 2, 2020
Music and Lyrics: Mike Gribben
Music: Frances Gregory
Music: Benaconda
Music: Brady Kleinschroth
Music: Jim Marchment

Vocals: Frances Gregory and Mike Gribben
Saxaphone: Brady Kleinschroth
Bass: Benaconda
Drums: Mike Gribben
Guitar: Jim Marchment
Synth: Michael "Mez" Dilauro
Additional Guitar: Michael "Mez" Dilauro

Recorded at South River Sound
Engineered by Michael "Mez" Dilauro and Shawn Delnick

Produced by Michael "Mez" Dilauro and Beast Music

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