[ti:How It Feels To Be Alive] [ar:James Blunt] [al:Once Upon A Mind] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]How It Feels To Be Alive - James Blunt [00:01.86]Composed by:Cleo Tighe/James Blunt/Steve Robson/Wayne Hector [00:03.73]When my heart doesn't beat anymore [00:09.99]And my body's cold [00:15.04]You will walk dressed in black to my door [00:21.32]And the bells will toll [00:26.26]You use my love like an open vein [00:32.99]Just when I thought it would heal [00:38.14]Back you came [00:41.03]Seeing you again for the first time [00:45.32]Tryna look ahead and not behind [00:49.37]Raging as you do against the tide [00:53.29]Knowing that your his instead of mine [00:57.55]Getting used to being hurt again [01:01.78]Every day's closer to the end [01:05.82]Holding back the tears I need to cry [01:09.95]Waiting to breathe for the last time [01:13.86]Yeah that's how it feels to be alive [01:22.27]That's how it feels to be alive [01:31.91]At my grave they did say one last verse [01:38.26]'Bout the new love that you found [01:43.27]And I lay in the rain by the church [01:49.45]And they lured me into the ground [01:54.58]You stole my heart as your souvenir [02:01.14]Thought that you would never come back [02:05.90]But now you're here [02:09.28]Seeing you again for the first time [02:13.55]Tryna look ahead and not behind [02:17.64]Raging as you do against the tide [02:21.53]Knowing that your his instead of mine [02:25.80]Getting used to being hurt again [02:30.00]Every day's closer to the end [02:33.94]Holding back the tears I need to cry [02:38.16]Waiting to breathe for the last time [02:41.99]Yeah that's how it feels to be alive [02:50.09]Yeah that's how it feels to be alive [02:58.21]Yeah that's how it feels to be alive [03:01.82]Outside waiting in the cold again [03:06.49]Yeah that's how it feels to be alive [03:10.02]Outside standing on my own again [03:15.08]That's how it feels to be alive