It Keeps Us Alive

Listen to It Keeps Us Alive – Studio Version

Listen to It Keeps Us Alive – Acoustic Version

VERSE 1

She waits patiently in the hospital for her dream come true

One look in her eyes tells the whole story

As she holds her new baby boy in her arms for the first time

She wonders if this is a taste of heaven

As a new father stands at the bedpost with a tear in his eye

He squeezes the hand of the one he loves

They’re gonna walk right down this unknown road hand in hand

With all eyes on love

 

PRE-CHORUS:

They could give him everything he wanted

But love is all he’ll ever need

 

CHORUS

You can take everything but love

It’s the only thing we own for sure

This priceless gift we give each other

It keeps us alive, alive, alive

 

VERSE 2

As he comes home to an empty house after a day of school

He says “we live in the same house, but different rooms”

He paints images of how it used to be with one close family

But it seems love’s gone stale and dry

 

PRE-CHORUS:

They gave him everything he wanted

But love was his only needed

 

BRIDGE:

He knows love can be a healer

But the candle’s still there with only a wick

So he’ll take this thing he owns

And he’ll give it away