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This is the original recording of Live Again, recorded for Stripped Back in 2015. A subsequent version of this song was made at RAK Studios and released in 2016 as part of Melissa's SING4SANE Big Sing project, proceeds from which go to the mental health charity SANE.
lyrics
LIVE AGAIN
Can anybody hear me calling?
Will anyone see that I’m falling?
Is there somebody who cares to listen?
To anything I dare to mention?
Oh, but I know
It isn’t all about me
Could it be that there’s another like me?
Someone who understands what I feel?
Will they see that I am lost and lonely?
Just trying to figure out my story?
Oh, but I know
Life isn’t all about me
All I want is to be free
From the battles of my mind
They keep my thoughts locked-up inside
But I don’t know how to be
Anyone but who I’ve been
I want to start to live again
Can someone hear the screams inside me?
I’m crying though my face looks smiley
Might say I understand love’s meaning
But I’ve never really known its feeling
Oh, but I know
That it’s not all about me
Will you forgive me of my words that hurt you?
Believe me how I never meant to
I speak yet it’s not me that’s talking
It’s just a fragment of my mind unloading
How I know, I know, I know
That it aint all about me
Cause all I want is to be free
From the chains that bind my mind
They keep anxieties inside
But I don’t know how to be
Anyone but who I’ve been
I want to start to live again
And I wanna turn my world around
But I need my feet firm on the ground
Cause I think I am ready to start to change, yes I am
But first I need some help to find my way
All I want is to be free
From the battles of my mind
They keep my thoughts locked-up inside
But I don’t know how to be, yeah
Anyone but who I’ve been
I wanna start to live again
Can anybody hear me calling?
I want someone to help me now I’m falling
Is there somebody who cares to listen?
To anything I dare to mention?
Won’t somebody hear me calling?
I want someone to catch me now I’m falling
I’m laughing but inside I’m dying
I think I’m ready now to live again
Won’t you please come and help me now to live again?
Come on and hold my hand and tell me how to live again
Won’t you show me how, I’m ready now to live again
I wanna start to live again
Music in this video
credits
from Stripped Back,
released July 19, 2020
Vocals: Melissa James
Piano: Arthur Lea
Produced: Melissa James
Engineered: Joe Leach, Nick Trepka
Mastered: Nick Watson
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