“Thank God I’m Alive” was released following the death of brothers, Shawn and Michael’s, mom in January 2020. Despite how difficult her death was for them, and their great pain and grief, they remind themselves to “thank God I’m alive.”
It is the lead single off of Manic Drive’s 2020 EP Vol. 1.
[Verse 1]
I'm learning how to cope
With heaven calling you home
And we try to be strong with all this going on
We'll just try to keep trying I suppose
Confused how to deal with this
Its kinda messed if I'm being real with it
And we'll try to get by, try to get by
But its hard to disguise how we feel
[Chorus 1]
But you pray to God in the evening
You're grateful that you see another day
And even though your heart is grieving
Still you bow your head and say
"I don't wanna live life jaded
Don't wanna waste my time feeling victimized
Reminded in my darkest moments
To thank God I'm alive"
[Verse 2]
I'm learning how to grieve
Its been a couple days since you had to leave
And I can't comprehend I won't see you again
In this life, in this reality
I'm not sure how to deal with this
I find it hard trying to find peace with it
And thoughts run through my head as we lay you to rest
I remember the time when you said
[Chorus 2]
To pray to God in the evening
Be grateful that I see another day
Reminded in my darkest moments
To thank God I'm alive
Reminded in my darkest moments
To thank God I'm alive
[Bridge]
Did heaven tell you, Mom?
I'm gonna have a son
And I'll be a good dad
He'll have love like I had
And I promise one day to teach him
[Chorus]
To never go and live life jaded
To waste your precious time feeling victimized
Remember in your darkest moments
To thank God we're alive
[Post-Chorus]
Alive, alive, alive, alive
Alive, I thank God I'm
Alive, alive, alive, alive
I thank God, no I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live jaded
Alive, alive
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live jaded
Alive
Doo-doo-do
Thank God I’m Alive was written by Jonathan Jones & Shawn Cavallo.
Thank God I’m Alive was produced by Joel Bruyere & Shawn Cavallo.
Manic Drive released Thank God I’m Alive on Fri Sep 04 2020.
This song "Thank God I'm Alive" is as transparent as it gets. There’s no easy way to paraphrase what you feel when you lose someone... but what’s even more difficult is realizing the depth of joy that they bring into your life. #thankgodimalive #newsong#mom pic.twitter.com/Ftqx54ru3Y— ManicDrive (@M...