Alive

Maybe you talk too high, man
Maybe I talk too slow
But you’ve got to live a little bit faster
‘Cause you’ve got a little less time to go

I ain’t lost and I ain’t searching
But then you know me very well
And I can’t change the wind and make it blow the other way
I’m a fool and I can tell

That I’m alive and that’s all
That I can get up just as fast as I fall
And I can walk and run but I’ll never crawl
And in the end it doesn’t matter at all
I don’t know about the people that I read about in books
And the kings and queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks
I know I should be going somewhere, I just can’t arrive
There’s a reason for believing that I’ve never been alive, alive

I ain’t lost and I ain’t searching
But then you know me very well
And I can’t change the world and make it go the other way
I’m a fool and I can tell

That I’m alive and that’s all
That I can get up just as fast as I fall
And I can walk and run but I’ll never crawl
And in the end it doesn’t matter at all
I don’t know about the people that I read about in books
And the kings and queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks
I know I should be going somewhere, I just can’t arrive
There’s a reason for believing that I’ve never been alive
I know I should be going somewhere I just can’t arrive
There’s a reason for believing that I’ve never been alive, alive, alive