This week’s featured song story comes to us from Switchfoot. We’re excited to share with you the amazing story behind their song “Live It Well.”
Click on the video interview below to hear Jon Foreman from Switchfoot share the full story and meaning behind this track, and scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album Where The Light Shines Through
“Live It Well” Lyrics
Yeah
(I wanna live it well)
Yeah, yeah
(I wanna live it well)
Yeah
Take the burden from my arms
Take the anchors off my lungs
Take me broken and make me one
Break the silence and make it a song
Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you’re the one I’m living for
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah
I wanna sing with all my heart a lifelong song
Even if some notes come out right and some come out wrong
‘Cause I can’t take none of that through the door
Yeah, I’m living for more than just a funeral
I wanna burn brighter than the dawn
Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you’re the one I’m living for
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well, yeah
I got one life and one love
I got one voice, but maybe that’s enough
‘Cause with one heartbeat and two hands to give
I got one shot and one life to live
One life to live, yeah
And every breath you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well
One life, one story to tell (one love)
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you’re the one I’m living for (the one, yeah)
Awaken all my soul
Every breath that you take is a miracle
Life is short; I wanna live it well
And you’re the one I’m living for
One life, one love
(One love) One life, one love
(One voice) One voice, yeah
(And that’s enough) And that’s enough, oh
(One heartbeat, two hands to give)
I got one shot and one life to live
One life to live
Yep – this song and this whole album are probably the best Switchfoot has ever been, lyrically… and that’s saying a lot!
Truth be told, musically this is one of my least favorite on the album, but I still listen to it way more than most of the music in my vast collection. Jon and the rest of Switchfoot are my heroes!