Cover art for symptom of life by WILLOW
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symptom of life Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Pushing and peeling myself out of my disguise
Looking at you, now I'm wondering, who am I?

If I could try to take you back, I couldn't define

[Refrain]
Feeling absence of time
Knowing all is decided
There's nothing here left to find
The story's all in my mind


[Verse 2]
Pushing and peeling the layers that cover my mind
Looking into the shadow, now I notice the light
Magic is real, when you see it inside, you decide


[Refrain]
It's like a snake shedding skin
Creating life to begin
And all you know has vanished again
Transcending virtue and sin


[Chorus]
Feast my eyes on lower things while bеauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?

Fеast our eyes on lower things when suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?

Feast my eyes on lower things while beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why? (Why do we?)
Feast our eyes on lower things when suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why? Yeah
Gotta decide how we're gonna feel it, I'm (Desperately)
Trying to find out
[Bridge]
Gotta know that life is fragile
Gotta know, but gotta go
I stood in awe inside a temple of a God
I didn't know wanna go
Find the one who understands
Why we wait for pain to change us?
To let me know that life is fragile


[Refrain]
It's like a turtle in sand
Making way to the ocean
Almost meeting the end
Because the birds are in motion, oh


[Chorus]
Feast my eyes on lower things while beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?
Feast our eyes on lower things when suffering is craving the light (I know we)
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?
Feast my eyes on lower things while beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why? (Why do we?)
Feast our eyes on lower things when suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why? Yeah
Gotta decide how we're gonna feel it, I'm (Desperately)
Trying to find out

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What did WILLOW say about "symptom of life"?
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The song has a very beautiful whimsical nature but holds a lot of mystery. There’s this beautiful light coming in through the piano, but also this syncopated rhythm of the bass bringing in that mysterious element. A juxtaposition of light and dark.

– WILLOW in a press release

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