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Live On

Release date: 11th September 2006

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'Live On' by Pulp is a 2006 track in which the lyrics lay out a wry, late-life worry about aging and the need to keep going even when love is missing, with the mirror insisting, “I was fifty-five years old”. The narrator wakes up still alive, counts the day like a narrow escape, and returns to the refrain that you can last only so long without someone’s love. There’s also a resigned reminder that no one really lives alone for that kind of time, making the whole thing feel like an argument with the clock.

"Live On" is a track by Pulp, released 11th September 2006. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Pulp.

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Lyrics

Live On

I woke up in the morning I was still alive

The mirror says I'm fifty-five years old

If I don't look his way, I'm gonna do okay

I'm gonna last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

Last another day without your love

Oh no one lives alone for more than half a year

That's what a friend of mine once said to me

There's more things in the world than holding hands and kissing girls

You've got to last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

Last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

Last another day without your love

Oh but I dreamt of you last night

And the world split into two

I tried to listen to some records but they were all

Singing about you

I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when I die

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

Oh yeah, well I realise

I should think about somebody new instead

That's what I tried to do, but the ones I liked looked just like you

Gotta last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

Last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

Last another day without your love

Oh but I dreamt of you last night

And the world split into two

I tried to listen to some records but they were all

Singing about you

I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when I die

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

It's okay, I'm not a kid anymore

I can last another day without your love

If I focus all my thoughts on something stupid

I can last another day without your love

Ooh gonna last another day

Last another day

Last another day

Last another day

Last another day

Last another day

Last another day

Good god

Oh but I dreamt of you last night

And the world split into two

I tried to listen to some records but they were all

Singing about you

I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when I die

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

Ma ma ma ma ma ma

I can't last another day without your love

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