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Come Alive

By Matty Mullins

15 views Oct 5, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Matty Mullins opens with a confession of spiritual numbness: he's turning into one of the "walking dead" around him and can't recall the last time he burned for anything. That image of a deadened memory drives the chorus, where he declares it's time to come alive and insists he doesn't need a reason why — the decision to break through comes before the explanation. The second verse keeps the escape imagery going: rolling the dice, leaving town with empty pockets and no alibi, choosing risk over the safety of overthinking. The bridge sharpens the stakes by reframing fear — he isn't afraid to die, he's afraid of losing touch with the meaning of his life, and that fear is what pushes him toward waking up. The repeated call to "come alive" functions less as a triumphant shout than as a resolve, a refusal to stay comfortable in numbness. The song's energy sits in that tension between deadness and breakthrough, treating revival as something you have to reach for tonight rather than wait on.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I think I need a change of scenery.
I'm becoming like the rest of the walking dead that I see around me.
I think I’m starting to lose my memory.
I can't remember the last time that I was on fire for anything.

I think it's time I come alive (time to come alive, time to come alive).
I don't always need a reason why (don't need a reason why, don't need a reason why).
I think it's time to break through, break through tonight,
take a risk, take a chance for once in my life.
I think it's time I come alive, & this time I don't need a reason why.

Roll the dice & say goodbye.
I'm leaving town with two empty pockets & no alibi.
Maybe I think too much but that's alright.
I'm not afraid of being paranoid, I’m afraid of losing my mind.

I think it's time I come alive (time to come alive, time to come alive).
I don't always need a reason why (don't need a reason why, don't need a reason why).
I think it's time to break through, break through tonight,
take a risk, take a chance for once in my life.
I think it's time I come alive, & this time I don't need a reason why.

I'm not afraid to die, I'm afraid of losing touch with the meaning of my life.
I'm not afraid to die, I just need to come alive!

I think it's time I come alive (time to come alive, time to come alive).
I don't always need a reason why (don't need a reason why, don't need a reason why).
I think it's time to break through, break through tonight,
take a risk, take a chance for once in my life.
I think it's time I come alive, & this time I don't need a reason why.

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