Released: March 9, 2020
Songwriter: Alec Benjamin
Producer: Alec Benjamin
[Verse 1]
I had a friend I knew in the ninth grade
And he didn't come to class one day
'Cause they find something inside his brain so they sent him home
So I went to see him after school
I said "Is there something I can do that
Might make you feel more comfortable?"
And he told me "No"
[Pre-Chorus]
He said "I'm happy that you made it, please don't treat me like your patient
I don't need more medication," mmm
[Chorus]
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
Is 'cause it hurts
[Verse 2]
And I won't forget the things he said
Every time I start to feel depressed
To be grateful that I still have breath down inside my lungs
'Cause without the darkness there's no light
And without the pain there'd be no life so
Even when it hurts inside I won't try to run
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll be happy that I made it, I'll be open, I'll embrace it
I won't take no medication, mmm
[Chorus]
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
Is 'cause it hurts
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt, mmm
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
[Outro]
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts (Mmm)
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
I had a friend I knew in the ninth grade
And he didn't come to class one day
'Cause they find something inside his brain so they sent him home
So I went to see him after school
I said "Is there something I can do that
Might make you feel more comfortable?"
And he told me "No"
[Pre-Chorus]
He said "I'm happy that you made it, please don't treat me like your patient
I don't need more medication," mmm
[Chorus]
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
Is 'cause it hurts
[Verse 2]
And I won't forget the things he said
Every time I start to feel depressed
To be grateful that I still have breath down inside my lungs
'Cause without the darkness there's no light
And without the pain there'd be no life so
Even when it hurts inside I won't try to run
[Pre-Chorus]
I'll be happy that I made it, I'll be open, I'll embrace it
I won't take no medication, mmm
[Chorus]
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
Is 'cause it hurts
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt, mmm
The only way I know that I'm alive, that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
[Outro]
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts (Mmm)
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
Dam-da-da-dam-da-da-dam-da-da-da
Is 'cause it hurts
Unreleased Songs
- Settle Down
- At The Bottom (Demo)
- Smile When You’re Sad
- Cause it Hurts
- Stranger to Myself
- Stranger to Myself (demo)
- TSS
- TSS (demo)
- Lock me up for Life
- On Your Speakers
- Miss Her The Most (Demo)
- Balancing Game (Demo)
- The Way You Felt in My Arms
- The Hill I Will Die On (Demo)
- The Hill I Will Die On
- The Colonel’s Journal
- Her Broken Hearted Savior*
- Anesthesia
- The Wolf and the Sheep
- Gabriel
- Our Love is Like a Burning Garden
- Now She’s Getting Married
- Last of Her Kind
- Journey to the Lowest Place on Earth
- O.I.N.V.
- Pretending
- The Knife in my Back
- Worst Day Of My Life
- My Mother’s Eyes
- Use Me
- “Simple Song” (tour song)
- The Saddest Song
- Must’ve been the wind
- Let Me Down Slowly
- Water Fountain
- Outrunning Karma
- I Built a Friend
- If We Have Each Other
- Boy In The Bubble
- Mind is a Prison
- If I Killed Someone For You
- Pretending
- The Knife in my Back
- Must Have Been the Wind
- Paper Crown
- Jesus in LA
- The Wolf and the Sheep
- Six Feet Apart
- Worst Day Of My Life
- Death of a Hero
- Steve
- Oh My God
- Annabelle’s Homework
- Let Me Down Slowly (Remix)
- Demons
- The Book of You & I
- Gotta Be A Reason