Alive

alive

i, i, i’m alive

alive, i, i’m alive

you ask me how

i’m doing now

and though you won’t hear back from me

that’s the level of security that i still need

i know this year has been a bitch

so i hope that you’re okay making the best of it

if you were around

to see me now

you’d notice that I’m older

i’m more like me, i’m bolder

my tongue has learned to let the truth fall from my lips

my innocence went missing with a vampire’s kiss

lost a bit of hope in politics

and even though some days I kind of feel like shit

i’m alive, i, i’m alive

alive, i, i’m alive

i’m a dreamer still

every bitter pill

i swallowed made me want it more

kept me longing for my love galore

a way to build a legacy

a place where I belong whatever that might be

look, i forgive

the things you did

you didn’t mean to think the worst of me

cause our self-fulfilling prophecy

i understand it only makes it worse to please

somebody making promises you cannot keep

you taught me that I gotta do what’s best for me

and saying what I really mean just makes me feel

alive

i, i’m alive

alive, i, i’m alive