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As Alive As You Need Me To Be Lyrics

The way it makes me feel, infection
It's almost like a tongue on the back of my neck
I never had a choice, connection
I never had a chance to catch my breath
It's eating up the space between us
It's eating up all the remaining doubt
It's filling up the hole inside you
It's trying to find a way to let itself out

Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Give me something to believe in
All these hands have got a hold of me
Give me something to believe in
As alive as you need me to be

Always going to go this way, there's no turning back
Never any other way, there's no turning back
Everything for a reason, everything for a reason
Everything for a reason, everything for a reason

Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Give me something to believe in
All these hands have got a hold of me
Give me something to believe in
As alive as you need me to be

Feel
I can finally feel
I can finally feel
I can finally feel
This infection
Feel
I can finally feel
I can finally feel
I can finally feel
This infection

Feel
I can finally feel
Feel
I can finally feel
Feel
I can finally feel
Feel
I can finally feel
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Writer
Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
Duration
3:54
Submitted by
eternaltearsofsorrow On Sep 05, 2025
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Cover art for As Alive As You Need Me To Be lyrics by Nine Inch Nails

This track from the TRON: Ares soundtrack, explores themes of artificial intelligence gaining sentience and the resulting complex emotions. The lyrics suggest an existence defined by the need of others, a potentially suffocating connection that brings both the pain and pleasure of feeling, described metaphorically as an "infection" of newfound emotions and purpose, as the protagonist confronts their existence within a system.

Song Meaning
Positive
Subjective
Enjoyment
Artificial Intelligence
Sentience
Emotions
Existence
Connection
 
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