The Price of Being Alive

V7.6
Gary Robinson
04:46
2026-02-18
blues, gritty, electric guitar, slow 12/8 shuffle, raspy male
[Intro] 
 0:00
Verse 1 
 0:17
I thought I was smarter than the rules, 
 0:17
Thought the end could justify the truth, 
 0:21
Called it vision, called it being brave, 
 0:25
But every shortcut left a mark I couldn’t erase. 
 0:28
Everybody says, “Do what you gotta do,” 
 0:33
“If you win, they won’t ask what it cost you.” 
 0:35
But the silence talks when the noise is gone, 
 0:41
And the night keeps asking what I’ve done. 
 0:45
Pre-Chorus 
 0:51
I tried to outrun my conscience 
 0:51
Tried to mute that voice inside 
 0:54
But it don’t forget, it don’t forgive 
 0:58
Just waits for you to look it in the eye 
 1:02
Chorus 
 1:07
Pain comes with a deeper mind 
 1:07
Heavy hearts don’t sleep at night 
 1:11
You can cross the line and still look fine 
 1:15
But the soul keeps score every time 
 1:19
Being right won’t make you free 
 1:23
If you lose who you’re meant to be 
 1:27
Yeah, pain comes with a deeper mind 
 1:30
That’s the price of being alive 
 1:34
Verse 2 
 1:46
We dress it up as progress now 
 1:46
Call it “necessary,” call it “how,” 
 1:50
We trade compassion for being right 
 1:54
Burn bridges just to win the fight 
 1:57
Scroll past the hurt, hit like, move on 
 2:03
Say, “That’s just the world we’re living on,” 
 2:06
But every face you dehumanize 
 2:10
Leaves a shadow you can’t outrun inside 
 2:14
Pre-Chorus 
 2:20
You can build a throne from reasons 
 2:20
You can quote your truth out loud 
 2:23
But no idea can wash the blood 
 2:27
From the way you broke someone down 
 2:30
Chorus 
 2:35
Pain comes with a deeper mind 
 2:35
Heavy hearts don’t sleep at night 
 2:40
You can cross the line and still look fine 
 2:43
But the soul keeps score every time 
 2:47
Being right won’t make you free 
 2:51
If you lose who you’re meant to be 
 2:55
Yeah, pain comes with a deeper mind 
 2:59
That’s the price of being alive 
 3:02
Bridge 
 3:07
Maybe strength ain’t standing taller 
 3:07
Maybe courage is the fall 
 3:11
Maybe saying “I was wrong” 
 3:15
Is the bravest thing of all 
 3:18
Love ain’t loud, it doesn’t win 
 3:23
It just waits where truth begins 
 3:27
And redemption don’t feel like pride 
 3:31
It feels like laying down your side 
 3:35
Chorus 
 3:40
Pain comes with a deeper mind 
 3:40
But it means your heart’s still kind 
 3:43
You can choose the truth, choose the light 
 3:47
Even after crossing lines 
 3:51
Being human’s not being clean 
 3:55
It’s carrying what you’ve seen 
 3:59
Yeah, pain comes with a deeper mind 
 4:02
But it means your soul’s aliveIf it hurts, you’re paying attention 
 4:06
If you feel it, you still care 
 4:15
That weight you carry ain’t your curse 
 4:20
It’s proof you’re still in there 
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