When my heart doesn't beat anymore And my body's cold You will walk dressed in black to my door And the bells will toll You used my love like an open vein Just when I thought it would heal Back you came Seeing you again for the first time Trying to look ahead and not behind Raging as you do against the time Knowing that you're his instead of mine Getting used to being hurt again Every day is closer to the end Holding back the tears I need to cry Waiting to breathe for the last time Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive That's how it feels to be alive At my grave they did say one last verse About the new love that you found And I lay in the rain by the church And they lured me into the ground You stole my heart as your souvenir Thought that you would never come back But now you're here Seeing you again for the first time Trying to look ahead and not behind Raging as you do against the time Knowing that you're his instead of mine Getting used to being hurt again Every day is closer to the end Holding back the tears I need to cry Waiting to breathe for the last time Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive Yeah, that's how it feels to be alive That's how it feels to be alive