Switchfoot - Meant To Live Lyrics

Switchfoot Lyrics

"Meant To Live"

Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been living with our eyes half-open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

Ah-we were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more (We were meant to live)
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live (We were meant to live)
We were meant to live

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Thanks to caramel3847 for adding these lyrics.
Thanks to blinker182_90@blink-182.org, amk718, kerrygotowned04 for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Jonathan Mark Foreman, Timothy David Foreman

Frontman Jon Foreman was inspired to write these lyrics by the poem "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot. Foreman explained, "Maybe the kid in the song is me, hoping that I'm meant for more than arguments and failed attempts to fly. Something deep inside of me yearns for the beautiful, the true."

"Meant To Live" was featured in "Spider Man 2" (2004). One of the song's music video includes scenes from the film and that clip served as the film's promotional video.

The song was certified "Gold" in the United States in April 2005.

album: "The Beautiful Letdown" (2003)

Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown album cover

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Meant To Live (Jon Bellion Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

This Is Your Life (Noah Gundersen Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

More Than Fine (Monica Martin Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Ammunition (Relient K Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Dare You To Move (Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Redemption (Colony House Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

The Beautiful Letdown (Jonas Brothers Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Gone (Owl City Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

On Fire (Ingrid Andress Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Adding To The Noise (Dayglow Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Twenty-Four (Tyler Joseph from Twenty One Pilots Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

Monday Comes Around (Sleeping At Last Version)

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

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