Alive Lyrics

[Verse 1: Liam]
My mother told me I should go and get some therapy
I asked the doctor, "Can you find out what is wrong with me?"
I don't know why I wanna be with every girl I meet
I can't control it, yeah, I know it's takin' over me

[Pre-Chorus: Liam, Zayn]
I'm going crazy, can't contain it
So tell me just what I should do

[Chorus: All]
She said, "Hey, it's alright, does it make you feel alive?
Don't look back, live your life, even if it's only for tonight"
She said, "Hey, it's alright if it makes you feel alive"

[Verse 2: Niall]
Went to a party just after the doctor talked to me
I met a girl, I took her hand up to the balcony
I whispered somethin' in her ear that I just can't repeat
She said, "Okay," but she was worried what her friends would think

[Pre-Chorus: Liam, Zayn]
She's going crazy, can't contain it
She asked me, "What should I do?" Oh

[Chorus: All]
I said, "Hey, it's alright, does it make you feel alive?
Don't look back, live your life, even if it's only for tonight"
I said, "Hey, it's alright if it makes you feel alive"
[Bridge: Louis]
We gotta live before we get older
Do what we like, we got nothing to lose
Shake off the weight of the world from your shoulders
Woah, we've got nothing to prove

[Breakdown: Liam]
I said, "Hey, it's alright, does it make you feel alive?
Don't look back, live your life, even if it's only for tonight"

[Chorus: All]
I said, "Hey (Hey!), it's alright, does it make you feel alive?
Don't look back (Hey!), live your life, even if it's only for tonight"
I said, "Hey (Hey!), it's alright if it makes you feel alive"

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Genius Annotation

“Alive” showcases the band’s movement away from their pop sound and into rock territory. It is the seventeenth track on the deluxe edition of Midnight Memories and is an uptempo pop-rock song. On the surface, the song is lyrically about hooking up with a girl at a party and has undertones of sex addiction. However, there is a subtext to the song about someone accepting their own sexuality. The first verse and chorus could show the protagonist’s mother not accepting his sexuality, and the doctor saying that his sexuality isn’t a problem. It could also show him struggling to bear the weight of his sexuality and struggling to contain his feelings.

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