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Alive

by Vanessa Daou

on Plutonium Glow (1997), Welcome to My Blues: An Anthology (1994-2017) (2017)

I am the Universe ((I'm free as a bird))
A strange machine digging in the dirt ((But who does it hurt))
Thunder rolls but no one listens ((They don't want to hear))
Dust will blow but red blood glistens
I am alive I am alive I am alive but I'm cold inside

Now they reach beneath my skin ((Pleasure and sin))
Still I can't feel a thing ((They're drinking me in))
Now they put red lips on mine ((They're taking what's mine))
Red like blood red like wine
I am alive I am alive I am alive but I'm cold inside

I'm the air that you breathe I'm the salt of your sea
I'm a crow in the night I'm the daughter of light