Dying to live, living to die Lyrics
Then I stopped
I looked thru my old pictures
That I forgot
I got comfortable being me
My authentic self
Just to be put
Back on a dusty shelf
So imma go back
To doing it all again
I remember when
I cared if I was thin
This girl thing
Use to be wide
Then life and nonsense got in the way
I began to sigh
I tried to be
Who I wasn't for so long
I started to sing my song
Then all the wrong ppl caught on
Cos why would I be able to
Have a private cacao
A life without opinions of a zoo
I try to fit my shoe
Size
Again, I'm being told I might have to lie
Just to survive
What a ride
We live just to die
We live just to die
Comments
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As always you manage to capture emotions well in the lyric. I think there will be many people who will empathize with this.
"Dying to live, living to die" is a wonderful title, but to me that isn't what the song is about. The lyric seems to focus on being yourself and being authentic in spite of the pressure from others. And for me "We live just to die" comes out of nowhere at the end for the same reason, though by itself it's a good line.
I really like the structure in that first verse, and to a lesser degree the 2nd. Reading that, I found myself stopping with a dramatic pause on the 2nd and 4th lines, and anytime I fall into a pattern just reading a lyric is a good sign. But that pattern doesn't return later in the song, I think it would be better if it did.
This song feels like it would benefit from a chorus. If you go that way you might be able to combine parts from "So imma go back..." with "I tried to be..." as those parts seem like they are at the core of the song to me.
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"Dying to live, living to die would probably need a more indepth lyric to capture that hook , its a good one , how we all probably feel
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It takes strength to face down the wrongs that many take for granted.
Don't let anyone or anything stop you.
Keep shouting till they hear!
Sid
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Very insightful told with the requisite humorous take.
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Clever lyrics as the others have already said. I'm not sure in what direction this could go as a song. RDM mentions the structure of the verses and that's probably where I'd struggle as it is. I tried mouthing the words to a straight beat in my head and I got a bit lost later on.
Don't let my comments put you off though. These are strong words.
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