Live & Let Go Lyrics
All these days I’ve been broken and hopeless
And I, and I don’t feel like I’m coping, I’m hoping
That I, that I can live and let go
So I can get through it
Yeah, I can live and let go
So I can get through this
[Verse 1: Suffa]
You know that pain can
Hang in the air like cigarette smoke, right?
Sometimes trying to live and let go
Still trying to talk with a mouth full of cinnamon though
I’m trying to crawl out the skin I'm in so
I can see through the eyes of a loved one, eyes of an enemy
Rising above sometimes takes a pedigree
That I fear that I don’t possess
And turns hope into hopelessness
But I won’t regress
Won’t let life wear me down
Staring down as the travelers all rush past
Some part their weary brow
And wear a frown like a handlebar moustache
So I live by forgive and forget
Rather that than to live with regret
It’s like living with debt
It’s a weight that’ll curve your spine
Living with hurt is like serving time
All these days I’ve been broken and hopeless
And I, and I don’t feel like I’m coping, I’m hoping
That I, that I can live and let go
So I can get through it
Yeah, I can live and let go
So I can get through this
All these days I’ve been
[Verse 2: Brother Ali]
I pay homage to obstacles
Thin line between honour and horrible
The healing heart knows the eyes must overflow
Tears clear the windows that guard the soul
Now that the water flow, you can scrub the mud out of your land
The blood out of your hands
But you still gotta cleanse the heart that’s trying to beat inside
And it’s only purified by the tears you cry
You can fight all the devils and slay them
But if you’re made hard at the days end then they win
There’s only one force that can solve all this
I want the warm heart that we all start with
Sometimes we march out, ball our fists
I will give it all up for my softness
You will never invade my Holy place
I let the tears dry on my face
All these days I’ve been broken and hopeless
And I, and I don’t feel like I’m coping, I’m hoping
That I, that I can live and let go
So I can get through it
Yeah, I can live and let go
So I can get through this
[Verse 3: Pressure]
If these walls could talk they’d sing a sombre song
And if we’re stronger from this road that goes on and on
We wear scarring like armour made of problems from
Void of feeling, time ticking, sitting on a bomb
So disengaged, hope in us fades
Reaching out but the dark taking focus away
This road’s paved by the brave without knowing the way
Don’t stray bro, they didn’t build Rome in a day
And I don’t need to satisfy a ceaseless appetite
Just to feel at peace or gratified
If we don’t reach for the stars, only reach for satellite
We’ll live in faded colour, we dream in black and white
I know our demons walk among us
The struggle's something that we do, not something to become us
So let go of all the suffering and hurt
Yo, unless we ball it up and we burst
So I can get through this, so I can get through this
So I can get through this, so I can get through this
[Chorus (Extended): Maverick Sabre]
Yeah, all these days I’ve been broken and hopeless
And I, and I don’t feel like I’m coping, and I’m hoping
That I, that I can live and let go
So I can get through it
So I can live and let go
So I can get through this
So I can get through this, so I can get through this
So I can get through this, so I can get through this
So I can live and let go
So I can get through this
So I can live and let go
So I can get through this
About
“Live and Let Go” is about coping with everyday struggles.
This is their first collaboration with US rapper Brother Ali, and their second with Maverick Sabre (their other being “Won’t Let You Down”.)
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
“Live And Let Go"’s got Maverick Sabre from Ireland and Brother Ali from Minneapolis on it, and we recorded that in Red Bull Studios in London with Maverick and in New York with Brother Ali. Maverick, we were recording our single “Won’t Let You Down” with him, and we had a bit of time left at the end of the session. He was like, “Is there anything else you’d like me to jump on?” and we were like, “Yeah, well maybe you could try this beat.” Threw it at him, and he recorded the hook in half an hour. We’d sort of been throwing tracks at Ali for a while and nothing was sticking for him and as soon as he heard that he was like, “That’s the one I want, that’s the one I want, that’s the one I want!” So we went to New York and we recorded at Red Bull Studios there and it was awesome. We sat down and we wrote the track in the studio, wrote and recorded in the studio, which isn’t something we often do because we just like to really take our time when we’re back at home so it was a bit outside our comfort zone but it was really good to work with Ali, who’s an artist that we admire so much.
- 2.1955
- 3.I’m Good?
- 4.Exit Sign
- 8.Laced Up
- 11.I Love It
- 13.Clark Griswold
- 14.Higher
- 15.Live & Let Go
- 16.Show Business