Let Me Live / Let Me Die is yet another brutally honest (and really, just brutal) song from Des Rocs. The song itself describes the feeling of being stuck in a state of mind and the conflicting feeling of not knowing whether it’s better to live or die.
[Intro]
Hey!
Hey!
[Verse 1]
I know pain, I know dread
Look his eyes, they've turned to lead
The tears don't stop the fire
It's killing time
[Verse 2]
Back from the dead
See your eyes, got nothing left
Kiss me, I am the cobra
It's killing time
[Chorus]
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
[Verse 3]
Am I here? Am I right?
With a name that I never liked
Rip me out the moment
It's killing time
[Verse 4]
Fear in the dark
Oh, these thoughts, yeah, they never stop
Meet my friend, the lonesome
It's killing time
[Chorus]
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
[Bridge]
Ooh
Ooh, ooh
Forever
Ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa
Whoa, oh, oh
Do it again!
[Chorus]
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Oh, let me live, oh, let me live, oh, let me die
Let Me Live / Let Me Die was written by Ken Lewis & Brent Kolatalo & Des Rocs.
Let Me Live / Let Me Die was produced by Katalyst & Des Rocs.
Des Rocs released Let Me Live / Let Me Die on Thu Jul 19 2018.
The song was used to promote 2K’s September 2019 video game, Borderlands 3, during Microsoft’s 2019 E3 Conference: