Love Is to Die Lyrics
All on my own
Here I stand
Am I humble? Am I ghost?
I'm on a limb to climb
To something lawless I hope
Am I humble? Am I ghost?
I'll find a way
To look towards this day
Got it all hooked up
This could only go one way
Oh oh oh oh oh
I'm not alive
I'm not alive enough
I'm not alive
I'm not alive enough
(Call 111, call 111)
[Chorus]
Love is to die
Love is to not die
Love is to dance
Love is to dance and dance
Love is to die
Love is to not die
Love is to dance
Love is to dance and dance
[Verse 2]
All on my own
It's confirmed
There's no world to compromise
You really see nothing of this girl
They look, they don't know
The roots behind
Cuz I've got a knife
To cut out the memories
So carefully
Too carefully
It's not necessary
To be so dark
[Bridge]
Got to give in
Got to give in
Alert to the night
The last time I alter my mind
I give in
Got to give in
To the fight
[Chorus]
Love is to die
Love is to not die
Love is to dance
Love is to dance
Love is to die
Love is to not die
Love is to dance
Love is to dance and dance
About
“Love Is to Die” is included on True Blood, S07E09. The episode shares the title of this song.
With a seemingly paradoxical chorus, this song explores what being in love can do to a person. The narrator reveals their love, and therefore themselves, to the person they are in love with. They judge themselves and their worth on how the person responds.
In an interview about their album, Warpaint, the band’s lyricist describes the song’s title and its antithesis, “love is to not die”, as encompassing “the whole spectrum of life.” She explains how she sees love as “a focal point for humans” and “what we’re here for” which would logically tie it directly to our end and beginning.
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