COME BACK ALIVE
COME BACK ALIVE
Kai Rex Klok
[INTRO — ALMOST SPOKEN]
I don’t want the old world back.
I want you back.
I miss the way your eyes would light before you had a reason why.
I miss when something small was enough to make you call me.
Come back.
Come back alive.
[VERSE 1]
Remember when you liked something just because you did?
You knew every kind of turtle. You showed me where they lived.
You’d stop the car for sunsets. She’d take pictures of her flowers.
Nobody called it content.
We were just inside the hours.
You’d call me, “Where you at?”
I’d say, “Working.”
You’d say, “Man, forget that shit.
Come sit out here.
The night is warm.
The beer is cold.
We ain’t gotta do a thing.”
God—
I didn’t know
you were giving me everything.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Somewhere we stopped calling.
Somewhere we stopped coming by.
Somewhere “How you doing?”
turned to
“Man, I’m getting by.”
Everybody’s chasing something.
Everybody’s running late.
But if we’re all just making a living—
when do we get to live today?
[HOOK]
COME BACK ALIVE.
COME BACK ALIVE.
I DON’T WANT THE OLD DAYS—
I WANT THAT LIGHT IN YOUR EYES.
CALL WHO YOU LOVE.
GO STAND OUTSIDE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO EARN THIS MOMENT.
YOU WERE BORN WITH YOUR LIFE.
COME BACK TO YOUR HANDS.
COME BACK TO YOUR NAME.
COME BACK TO THE LITTLE THINGS
YOU LOVED BEFORE THEY NEEDED A NAME.
WE STILL GOT MORNING.
WE STILL GOT TONIGHT.
COME BACK.
COME BACK.
COME BACK ALIVE.
[VERSE 2]
I know what happened.
Years went missing.
Doors stayed closed.
Kids got taller.
Mama got older.
Friends moved on.
And somehow we came out the other side
and nobody said what was gone.
So we worked.
And worked.
And scrolled.
And slept.
And learned to say,
“I’m busy.”
Like being needed by everything
meant everything was okay.
But I miss you, man.
Not your picture.
Not your posts.
Not who you became to survive.
I miss the fool who laughed too loud.
I miss the girl who danced in kitchens.
I miss the friend who’d waste my whole damn afternoon
telling me why turtles live so long.
I miss the people
who didn’t need permission
to belong.
[PRE-CHORUS]
Maybe nothing’s coming
to hand our lives back whole.
Maybe there ain’t some perfect day
when everybody finally knows.
Maybe morning’s just a window.
Maybe freedom’s just a call.
Maybe life was never waiting somewhere—
maybe life is what we do
before we lose it all.
[HOOK]
COME BACK ALIVE.
COME BACK ALIVE.
I DON’T WANT THE OLD DAYS—
I WANT THAT LIGHT IN YOUR EYES.
CALL WHO YOU LOVE.
GO STAND OUTSIDE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO EARN THIS MOMENT.
YOU WERE BORN WITH YOUR LIFE.
COME BACK TO YOUR HANDS.
COME BACK TO YOUR NAME.
COME BACK TO THE LITTLE THINGS
YOU LOVED BEFORE THEY NEEDED A NAME.
WE STILL GOT MORNING.
WE STILL GOT TONIGHT.
COME BACK.
COME BACK.
COME BACK ALIVE.
[BRIDGE — EVERYTHING FALLS AWAY]
If you like flowers—
like the flowers.
If you like turtles—
go find turtles.
If you miss your brother—
call your brother.
If you love that woman—
tell that woman.
Take your babies to the water.
Let your old man tell that story
you’ve already heard a hundred times.
Sit on the porch.
Burn the dinner.
Sing off-key.
Stay too long.
Waste an hour.
Waste another.
Let nobody buy it back.
Because maybe what we called wasting time
was the only time
that was ever really ours.
[BREAK — QUIET]
Look at your hands.
They’re still here.
Feel your chest.
You’re still here.
Look at the person beside you.
They’re still here.
We don’t need yesterday.
We have right now.
And right now
is alive.
[FINAL HOOK — HUGE / EVERYBODY]
COME BACK ALIVE!
COME BACK ALIVE!
WE DON’T NEED THE OLD WORLD—
WE GOT A NEW DAY OUTSIDE!
CALL WHO YOU LOVE!
GO WASTE SOME TIME!
LET SOMETHING BE BEAUTIFUL
WITHOUT ASKING IT WHY!
COME BACK TO YOUR BODY!
COME BACK TO YOUR NAME!
GO LOVE SOMETHING USELESS
AND NEVER BE ASHAMED!
WE STILL GOT MORNING!
WE STILL GOT TONIGHT!
IF YOU GOT BREATH IN YOUR CHEST—
YOU STILL GOT LIFE!
COME BACK!
COME BACK!
COME BACK ALIVE!
[OUTRO — HUMAN VOICES, NO PERFORMANCE]
Hey.
Where you at?
…
Come outside.
You ain’t gotta bring nothing.
Just come.