James Iha

Alive

James Iha


Son, she said, have 
I got a little story for you 
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... 
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen 
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... 
Oh I, oh, I'm still alive 
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh... 
Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room 
She said I'm ready...for you 
I can't remember anything to this very day 'cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now 
I can't see, I just stare... I, I'm still alive 
Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive 
Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... 
Is something wrong, she said 
Well of course there is 
You're still alive, she said Oh, and do 
I deserve to be 
Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I'm still alive Hey 
I, oh, I'm still alive 
Hey I, but, 
I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah