As Alive As You Need Me To Be Lyrics

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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