Story Behind the Song
Sort of a "response" to "Richard Manuel is Dead" by Counting Crows, which Adam Duritz explained as "just sort of about how you can't hold on to anything in your life (your idols, the music you love, some girl, anything at all) a lot of times because you can't give all of yourself." (For more info, visit annabegins.com)
"Adam Duritz is Alive" isn't necessarily the opposite of "Richard Manuel is Dead," but, in a way, it's about finding some sort of familiarity in the midst of change...
Lyrics
She cut her hair real, real short.
Then she tried to dye it blue.
I've counted 93 days since she's been gone.
I can't find nothing else to do.
She said she needed to fool herself again.
Said she needed to believe in a friend or two.
Ah, but baby, believing is so easy.
Yeah, wasn't it easy for you?
The night sets on tomorrow.
Rises early today.
You left a halo of light,
But kept your eyes so silent and gray, yeah.
You felt like the fog
Before the wind sweeps it away.
You can come back if you want.
Won't you come back someday.
Someday...
Tangled in the couch; it's midnight.
Now, half past five,
And I'm still singing songs alone,
Thanking God that Adam Duritz is alive.
Well if I could give myself up to myself,
Then I'd say yeah, "well I guess I'm free."
But if you gave yourself up to yourself you'd still be here,
Still be here with me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
The night sets on tomorrow.
Rises early today.
You left a crown of light
But kept your eyes so silent and gray, yeah.
You felt like the fog
Before the wind sweeps it away.
You can come back if you want,
But I know you'll never come back
Never come back.
No you'll never come back here
Never come back here
Never come back here
All the way.
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