Alive When We Dance

Lyrics

[Intro] You came here breathing. Now move like you mean it. DANCE. [Verse 1] Cold air Bare skin Low strings Pull us in Heel down Ground shakes One hard step And the whole night wakes Chest high Eyes wide Leave your past Far behind Turn once Feel it start Feet find rhythm Before the heart [Pre-Chorus] HEART BEATING? LET IT POUND! BLOOD MOVING? LET IT RUN! STILL BREATHING? MAKE IT COUNT! YOU GOT LIFE? LET IT OUT! [Chorus] WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE WHILE THESE LEGS STILL MOVE WHILE THESE LUNGS STILL FILL WHILE THIS HEART POUNDS THROUGH TURN HARD LAUGH LOUD GIVE THIS NIGHT ALL YOU’VE GOT WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE SO DANCE WHILE WE CAN [Verse 2] Firelight Painted skin One laugh breaks loose And the rest rush in Loose cloth Cold breeze Twenty different bodies Finding one beat Some came quiet Some came tired Then one good turn Put light in their eyes Every step makes fall Crunch under our feet Every turn brings autumn Circling with the beat Just breath Just beat Just this brief life Moving through our feet [Pre-Chorus] HEART POUNDING? LET IT POUND! FEET MOVING? DON’T STOP NOW! BREATH COMING FAST? MAKE IT COUNT! YOU GOT LIFE? LET IT OUT! [Chorus] WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE WHILE THESE LEGS STILL MOVE WHILE THESE LUNGS STILL FILL WHILE THIS HEART POUNDS THROUGH TURN HARD LAUGH LOUD GIVE THIS NIGHT ALL YOU’VE GOT WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE SO DANCE WHILE WE CAN [Post-Chorus] ONE MORE STEP! ONE MORE TURN! ONE MORE BEAT! LET IT POUND! ONE MORE LAUGH! ONE MORE CHANCE! WE ARE HERE— SO DANCE! [Bridge] Someday these legs won’t carry us. Someday this fire goes cold. Someday we’ll give back every breath we borrowed. Someday there’ll be a last song we don’t know is the last. But not tonight. Tonight our lungs still fill. Tonight our hearts still answer. Tonight the ground still waits for us. So give it everything you’ve got to give. [Build] ONE MORE TURN— ALIVE! ONE MORE STEP— ALIVE! ONE MORE LAUGH— ALIVE! AND WHILE WE’RE HERE— WE DANCE! [Final Chorus] WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE WHILE THESE LEGS STILL MOVE WHILE THESE LUNGS STILL FILL WHILE THIS HEART POUNDS THROUGH TURN HARD LAUGH LOUD GIVE THIS NIGHT ALL YOU’VE GOT WE’RE ALIVE WHEN WE DANCE SO DANCE WHILE WE CAN [Final Chant] IF YOUR HEART STILL POUNDS— DANCE! IF YOUR BLOOD STILL RUNS— DANCE! IF YOUR LUNGS STILL FILL— DANCE! IF YOU WOKE UP BREATHING— DANCE! YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING! [Final Refrain] WE GOT BREATH! WE GOT BEAT! WE GOT BLOOD! WE GOT FEET! WE GOT FIRE! WE GOT NIGHT! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE ALIVE! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! Still here? THEN DANCE!