Listen to I Want to Live by Skillet

I Want to Live

Skillet

Hard Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

John Cooper

Lead Vocals

Korey Cooper

Keyboards

Brian Howes

Guitar

Dave Eggar

Cello

Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen

Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen

Programming

Seth Morrison

Guitar

Antoine Silverman

Antoine Silverman

Violin

LEDGER

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Cooper

Songwriter

Korey Cooper

Songwriter

Chuck Palmer

Arranger

Dave Eggar

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brian Howes

Producer

Scott Skrzynski

Scott Skrzynski

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Johnny Nice

Recording Engineer

Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen

Jason "JVP" Van Poederooyen

Engineer

Misha Rajartnam

Misha Rajartnam

Editing Engineer

Zachary Kelm

Executive Producer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Neal Avron

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

In a grave of roses, while the night is closing in

My soul is so cold, but I wanna live again

I know you'll come to me, I wait in misery

I wanna fight for this, save me from this darkness

[Verse 2]

I reach for the light

[Verse 3]

I want to live my life

The choice is mine, I've made up my mind

Now, I'm free to start again

The way that I wanna live and breathe

The way that I want, that's right for me

I may not know nothing else

But I know this

I want to live

[Verse 4]

All I ever needed was a reason to believe

You helped me hold on, you ignite the fire in me

You always come for me, you know just what I need

Don't make me wait for this, save me from this darkness

[Verse 5]

I reach for the light

[Verse 6]

I want to live my life

The choice is mine, I've made up my mind

Now, I'm free to start again

The way that I wanna live and breathe

The way that I want, that's right for me

I may not know nothing else

But I know this

I want to live

[Verse 7]

I'm breathing, still breathing

But I can't fight this fear alone

This feeling is killing slow

But now, I know

[Verse 8]

I want to live my life

The choice is mine, I've made up my mind

Now, I'm free to start again

The way that I wanna live and breathe

The way that I want, that's right for me

I may not know nothing else

But I know this

I want to live

[Verse 9]

I want to live

I know this

I want to live

Written by: John Cooper, Korey Cooper