What a Time to Be Alive

You used to hold me close in an ignorant bliss

I was starry-eyed, you were lemon-kissed

Now I interrogate the memories, looking for signs

Were you ever here?

Was this ever mine?

I woke up from a dream where I flew out of my window

All of my screens are laughing at me now

Sometimes in the night I still hear your voice in my ear

"What a time to be alive"

Searching for a purpose, bleeding out slow

Told you I was scared of the undertow

Told me flip the record, Dylan might know

You have a way to make everything feel small

Everyone our age has moved away

Watch our city burn from our fire escape

The sirens in the night are terrifying

But in the morning glow, don't you feel divine

I can't seem to get you out of my mind

What a time to be alive

Every step I take you're further behind

What a time to be alive

Found you in the forest

Trembling cold with fear

Tried to write a chorus

But the voices left my ears

Your silence was a virtue

Til it drowned me in its name

Still I'm down on my knees

Begging for your rain

Now that I can't hear you

How do I think straight

Blessed be the lonely

That don't give in to their hate

I wanted a love

That could tear me down to size

But you gave me a heart

That was broken in your eyes

What a time to be alive

Sometimes in the night I still hear you say

What a time to be alive

Hail Mary in the distance, show me your face

What a time to be alive