i want to live

sometimes i feel like i need

to shake myself

to wake myself

i feel like i'm just sleepwalkin'

through my life

it's like i'm swimming in

an ocean of emotion

but still somehow slowly

going numb inside

i don't like who i'm becomin'

i know i've gotta do somethin'

before my life passes right by

i want to cry like the rain

cry like the rain

shine like sun on a beautiful mornin'

sing to the heavens like the church bells ringin'

fight with the devil and go down swingin'

fly like a bird

roll like a stone

love like i ain't afraid to be alone

take everything that this world has to give

i want to live

sometimes i wonder

why i work so hard to guard my heart

till i hardly feel anything at all

i've spent my whole life building up this ivory tower

and now that i'm in it

i keep wishing it would fall

so i could feel the ground beneath me

really taste the air i'm breathin'

and know that i'm alive

something deep inside

keeps saying

life is like a vapor

its gone in just a twinklin' of an eye

i want to take every

breath i can get

i want to live

yeah

yeah