Alive

Turn up the bass
And feel it in your chest
Feel your heart vibrate
Know you’re alive.

Turn up the volume
And feel it on your eardrums
Feel your brain vibrate
Know that you’re alive.

Turn up the risks
And feel it in your soul
Feel your body light up
Know that you’re alive.

The keys on the piano ring in my head
Causing a shiver to travel up my spine
It only takes one simple noise
To form a reaction.

Pull that bow across those strings
Let that violin set the mood
I need the sound, the life
We can know that we’re alive.

Beat that drum, give it all you’ve got
I need you to do that for me, please
I’m dying from this silence
I’m risking everything where I sit.

I’m so alive at this moment
I close my eyes and wait, it happens
I know I’m alive, I know
I need to feel the noise.

Grabbing your hand shocks me
Electricity, friction, electrons
Emotion, love, compassion
I’m risking everything to be here.

I’ve never felt more alive
Each beat sends a wave through my head
My sober mind is spinning
You bring me back with your words.

I know you’re panicking, too
We could lose everything
Too easily can everything change
But this risk, this is what I need.

Days, weeks, months, so long
I’ve been surviving, not living
You’ve made me alive
The music has kept me alive.