I Want To Live Lyrics

(Josh Gracin was on American Idol)

Sometimes I feel like I need to shake myself, to wake myself:

I feel like I'm just sleep walkin' through out life.

It's like I'm swimmin' in an ocean of emotion,

But still, somehow, slowly goin' numb inside.

I don't like who I'm becomin', I know I've gotta do somethin',

Before my life passes right by.

I want to cry like the rain, cry like the rain,

An' shine like the sun on a beautiful mornin'.

Sing to the heavens like a church bell ringin',

Fight with the devil an' go down swingin'.

Fly like a bird, roll like a stone,

Love like I ain't afraid to be alone.

Take everything that this world has to give:

I wanna live.

Sometimes I wonder why I work so hard to guard my heart.

Well, I hardly feel anything at all.

I've spent my whole life buildin' up this ivory tower.

Now that I'm in it, I keep wishin' it would fall.

So I can feel the ground beneath me, really taste this air I'm breathin',

And know that I'm alive.

I want to cry like the rain, cry like the rain,

An' shine like the sun on a beautiful mornin'.

Sing to the heavens like a church bell ringin',

Fight with the devil an' go down swingin'.

Fly like a bird, roll like a stone,

Love like I ain't afraid to be alone.

Take everything that this world has to give:

I wanna live,

I wanna live.

Somethin' deep inside keeps sayin life is like a vapor:

It's gone in just the twinklin' of an eye.

I want to cry like the rain, cry like the rain,

An' shine like the sun on a beautiful mornin'.

Sing to the heavens like a church bell ringin',

Fight with the devil an' go down swingin'.

Fly like a bird, roll like a stone,

Love like I ain't afraid to be alone.

Take everything that this world has to give.

I wanna take every breath I can get:

I wanna live.

Yeah, yeah