In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Mm
I ain't tryna think about all my problems
I'm livin' now
I'm livin' now, hey
I can't sit and worry about the future
I'm livin' now
Said I'm livin' now
So put your hands up if you feel like havin' a good time
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all
Raise your cups if you got no work tomorrow
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun
Come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (don't it feel good? Come on)
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive (come on, hey)
(From now on) I'm gonna wake up every day like it's Christmas
I'm gonna celebrate this life I'm given
From now on
(From now on) I'm gonna tell my mother every day I love her
And tell her, "Thanks for being such a good mother"
From now on, come on
So put your hands up if you feel like havin' a good time
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all
Raise your cups if you got no work tomorrow
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun
(Come on) come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (sing it)
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive
Yes it does, hey
It feels good, don't it?
Living your life in this quick moment
And you never ever think it's gon' go away, but I swear
I know you'll wake up one day and say
Yeah, I got things to do
(You'll say) yeah, I got mountains to move
And it ain't about how sad it could be
It's about how good it should be, come on, sing
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment, come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (don't it feel good? Come on)
Oh, oh (oh it feels so good)
Oh, it feels so good to be alive
Don't it feel good?
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (so good, so good, hey)
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (come on, sing it)
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? (Oh, oh)
You only got one life, live in the moment (oh, it feels so good)
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? (To be alive)
You only got one life, live in the moment
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive
I ain't tryna think about all my problems
I'm livin' now
I'm livin' now, hey
I can't sit and worry about the future
I'm livin' now
Said I'm livin' now
So put your hands up if you feel like havin' a good time
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all
Raise your cups if you got no work tomorrow
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun
Come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (don't it feel good? Come on)
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive (come on, hey)
(From now on) I'm gonna wake up every day like it's Christmas
I'm gonna celebrate this life I'm given
From now on
(From now on) I'm gonna tell my mother every day I love her
And tell her, "Thanks for being such a good mother"
From now on, come on
So put your hands up if you feel like havin' a good time
Put your hands up if you got no cares at all
Raise your cups if you got no work tomorrow
Put your hands up if you're ready to have some fun
(Come on) come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (sing it)
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive
Yes it does, hey
It feels good, don't it?
Living your life in this quick moment
And you never ever think it's gon' go away, but I swear
I know you'll wake up one day and say
Yeah, I got things to do
(You'll say) yeah, I got mountains to move
And it ain't about how sad it could be
It's about how good it should be, come on, sing
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it?
You only got one life, live in the moment, come on, sing it
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (don't it feel good? Come on)
Oh, oh (oh it feels so good)
Oh, it feels so good to be alive
Don't it feel good?
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (so good, so good, hey)
Oh, oh
Oh, it feels so good to be alive (come on, sing it)
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? (Oh, oh)
You only got one life, live in the moment (oh, it feels so good)
Feels good, don't it? Feels good, don't it? (To be alive)
You only got one life, live in the moment
Oh, oh
Said oh, it feels so good to be alive
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Good to Be Alive Lyrics as written by Ryan Trainor Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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