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Why Am I Alive Now?

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

ANOHNI

Vocals

Jimmy Hogarth

Electric Guitar

Chris Vatalaro

Drums

Leo Abrahams

Guitar

Martin Slattery

Martin Slattery

Keyboards

Rob Moose

Violin

Sam Dixon

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Anohni Hegarty

Composer

Jimmy Hogarth

Composer

Rob Moose

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Hogarth

Producer

ANOHNI

Producer

Rob Moose

Strings Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Why am I alive now?

I don't want to be witness

Seeing all of this duress

Aching of our world

[Verse 2]

Why am I alive now?

Why am I alive?

I don't want to feel this

Aching color of our world

[Verse 3]

Why am I alive now?

Watching all this going down

All the animals around

Watching Nature swoon and sigh

Watching all the water dry

Watch the sky fall to the Earth

Birds and insects looking for, for a place to hide

[Verse 4]

Why am I alive to watch this duress?

Why am I seeing this stress?

Hide me from my disease

[Verse 5]

Why am I alive now?

Seems there's nothing left to hold

Except keep trying to accept

[Verse 6]

Hour after lonely hour

Collecting my mind

How did I arrive here?

[Verse 7]

I don't know much of anything

Except that you will take my life

[Verse 8]

I don't know why, I don't know why

I don't want to see your face

Meeting me when it's too late

Many people falling

Many people sighing

[Verse 9]

Once everything was a part of me

How did I come to be?

Now everything's gone to the floor

And all I ever want is more

[Verse 10]

Feel the trees begin to leave

Smoke swallow each mountain side

A rail of tears leads to the sea

No more footsteps in the sand

All our memories are sinking

Into un-living

[Outro]

I don't know

I don't kn-kn-know

I don't know

I don't know

I don't kn-kn-kn-know

I don't kn-know

I don't know

I don't know

Why am I alive here?

I don't know much of anything

I don't know

I don't know

I don't know

I don't know

I don't know

I don't know why I'm alive now!

I don't know why I'm alive now!

I don't know why I'm alive now!

I don't know

I don't know why I'm alive now!

Written by: Anohni, Anohni Hegarty, Jimmy Hogarth

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