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Tom Grennan – Alive (Acoustic) (2017) | Track profile | Dork

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Tom Grennan
Found What I've Been Looking For - EP
Alive (Acoustic)

TRACK

Alive (Acoustic)

Release date: 3rd August 2017

From Found What I've Been Looking For - EP

Track 5

4:03

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About This Track

"Alive (Acoustic)" is a track by Tom Grennan, from the album Found What I've Been Looking For - EP, released 3rd August 2017. The track is 4:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Tom Grennan.

About the Artist

Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan

Lyrics

Alive (Acoustic)

I was born in a thunderstorm
I grew up overnight
I played alone
I played on my own
I survived
Hey, I wanted everything I never had
Like the love that comes with the light
I wore envy and I hated that
But I survived

I had a one way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
Nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
You're taught to cry in your pillow
But I survived

I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive, I'm alive
I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger's face
And it was mine

I had a one way ticket to a place where all the demons go
Where the wind don't change
Nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
You're taught to cry in your pillow
But I survived

I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive, I'm alive

You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing
You took it all, but I'm still breathing

I have made every single mistake
That you could ever possibly make
Took and I took and you took and you gave
But you never noticed when I was in pain
I knew what I wanted, I went out and got it
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't
I told you that I would never be forgotten
And all in spite of you

I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm still breathing, breathing
I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Found What I've Been Looking For - EP

4:032017

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Album

Found What I've Been Looking For - EP

4th August 2017

Track number

5

Release year

2017

1Found What I've Been Looking For
3:13
2First Day of the Sun (Demo)
3:34
3Silhouette (Demo)
3:54
4

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Found What I've Been Looking For (Acoustic)

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5Alive (Acoustic)

4:03

—Found What I’ve Been Looking For (Acoustic)

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Adele, Sia, Tobias Jesso Jr.
Producer: Danny Connors
Guitar: Danny Connors
Mastering Engineer: John Davis (Engineer)
Mixing Engineer: Danny Connors
Piano: Greg Coulson
Recording Engineer: Danny Connors