"STAY ALIVE" lyrics

Heard a piece on the radio all about the laws of AI
Wild fires in LA and the tragedy of all our hive minds
The anxiety generation, the exhaustion of just being alive
The endless consumption, the love shared only when you've died

And I know what you're thinking
Did you even try?
To be happy about it
When you're lucky to be alive

Is it even living in these trying times?
I've tried, I've tried
Surviving by escaping my sick mind
The only way to stay alive
Alive, alive, alive
The only way to stay alive
Alive, alive, alive
The only way to stay alive

Art is dead, but at least we now have more time
For recycled concepts and over-processed designs
Our fake plastic hearts of modern romance
The shine of ego, the dying plants
The families mourn their sons discussed through true crime

And I know what you're thinking
Did you even try?
To be happy about it
When you're lucky to be alive

Is it even living in these times?
I've tried, I've tried
Surviving by escaping my sick mind
The only way to stay alive
Alive, alive, alive
The only way to stay alive
Alive, alive, alive
The only way to stay alive

The northern youth
The working class
The tube to work
The culture clash
5 am
Up all night
To keep someone alive
While schools at nine
Modern love desensitised
Parents' divorce
A child has died
An age gap
Hollywood
Therapy after lost neighbourhoods
Crying in the bathroom stall
If I left this town, would you care at all?
Someone collapsed in the streets
Look away, no, look at me
Liberation, the thinning line
If we go left, they go further right
Existential dread
Art is dead
Art is dead

To be alive
I've tried, I've tried
Surviving by escaping my sick mind
The only way to stay alive
The only way to stay alive
Alive, alive, alive
The only way to stay alive