Song Description
"How To Live" is about what human beings go through in pursuing their passions/ dreams. How, at some point, they reach a place where they are feeling burned out - unable to cope with the stress of holding it all together while the odds are stacked against them.
But by pushing through little by little, stacking up our stones with persistence, we can build to a place where we can reach our goals.
What often keeps us going is the wonder of the "what if" when we reach for those stars that we gaze at. In the end, every original success story comes with a lot of failure, but also a persistence to never give up.
You don't know when or where your next opportunity will arrive, and if you don't shoot your best shot, you'll never know.
| Song Length |
3:22 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Miserable |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Staring at the crowd there's no fallback
Waiting on the sound
Looking at the lights
I didn't know if I could do it right
It's complicated
When all my stars are fading out
Try to drown it out
Till my feet can leave this town
Nobody showed me how to live but
I stacked my stones trying to reach the sky
Oh now I wonder are these my last goodbyes
Ohhhh one day
Ohhhh one day
Ohhhh ohhhh
Ohhhh ohhhh
All the wonder wonder
All the wonder wonder
All the wonder wonder
Oh how I wonder how they light the skies
Thought I'd be going somewhere
My mama told me I'd be a big success
She doesn't know about this
She doesn't know about how I'm doing now
It's complicated
When all my stars are fading out
I try to drown it out
Till my feet have left the ground
My universe is torn
I'm tired of not moving anymore
I'm barely coping I've been dreaming
I need it fixed somehow
Ooooh never been in this place before
Ooooh it's got me feeling so high
Nobody showed me how to live but
I stacked my stones trying to reach the sky
Oh now I wonder are these my last goodbyes
Ohhhh one day
Ohhhh one day
Ohhhh ohhhh
Ohhhh ohhhh
All the wonder wonder
All the wonder wonder
All the wonder wonder
Oh how I wonder how they light the skies
Just like you gotta move ohhhh
When you fall back down
Oh how I wonder how they light the skies