Danzig guitarist John Christ said:
Lyrically, I think the words are about the way Glenn was feeling at the time” in explanation to the songs lyrics.
In an interview songwriter Glenn Danzig called the song “self-explanatory.”
[Verse 1]
Don't care
If 'n' you die
Ain't got no reason to cry
Don't feel
Don't need to
Your world ain't nothing to me
I'm fear
I'm your heretic
I'm doom waiting for the number
7 up 7
To the 6 on 6
Bring it on to me
[Chorus]
And I'm tired of being alive
Spite of the bleeding
Bleeding light
And I'm tired of their bleeding light
Don't try to feed me
Full of your lies
[Verse 2]
No regrets
To bring me no tears
Never scared of things men fear
Never easy
Never clean
To be a beast among human sheep
I am fear
I am your heretic
I am your doom
Waiting for the number
7 on 7
To the 6 on 6
Bring it on to me
[Chorus]
And I'm tired of being alive
Spite of the bleeding
Bleeding light
And I'm tired of their bleeding light
Don't try to feed me
Full of your lies
[Chorus]
And I'm tired of being alive
Spite of the bleeding
Bleeding light
And I'm tired of their bleeding light
Don't try to feed me
Full of your lies
[Outro]
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I'm tired
Tired of their bleeding
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Tired of Being Alive was written by Glenn Danzig.
Tired of Being Alive was produced by Rick Rubin.
Danzig released Tired of Being Alive on Tue Jun 26 1990.