This song, as well as all other songs on this album, are about self-empowerment. Throughout “Your Life” Stephen shows his sympathetic and understanding side to people suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts and most importantly, PTSD.
[Chorus]
Are you gonna dance?
Are you gonna cry?
This is your life, oh
Are you making plans?
Are you gonna try?
This is your life
[Verse 1]
Hey, I know you saw some things
That you didn't expect to
Nobody to help you
Listen close
Cause what you keep
Is never goin' leave you
It's only gonna leave you
With the long nights of cold sweat
Searching for the silence you can't get
It only takes a couple months
To know everything you love
And now you can't look at yourself
Crying till the hot water runs out
Cutting is the only way to find what you keep inside
[Chorus]
Are you gonna dance?
Are you gonna cry?
This is your life, oh
Are you making plans?
Are you gonna try?
This is your life
[Verse 2]
Every time I seem to make these same mistakes
Cause every time I think I finally found my way
It's always the memories that make it hard to change
It's only a memory
[Bridge]
So are you gonna dance?
Are you gonna cry?
This is your life
Yea, this is your life
[Post-Bridge: Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Are you gonna dance?
Are you gonna cry?
This is your life, oh
Are you making plans?
Are you gonna try?
This is your life