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Take This Life
Producers
Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte &
Track 1 on
Come Clarity
Feb. 7, 20061 viewer23.4K views
Take This Life Lyrics
“Take This Life” is the first single from In Flames' 2006 album Come Clarity.… Read More
[Verse 1]
It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And meet a fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name
[Pre-Chorus]
If I ever, If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see, make me be
Make me understand you're there for me
[Chorus]
Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
[Verse 2]
The water drops just beg to hit me
Why now? Hasn't rained for days
No time to play hide and seek
I call upon you to take me on
Break down to pieces
Put me back, do it right this time
Struggling to fill this empty shell
Burn my efforts, in the end it means nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
If I ever, If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see, make me be
Make me understand you're there for me
[Chorus]
[Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in](https://genius.com/14417372/In-flames-take-this-life/Take-this-life-im-right-here-stay-a-while-and-breathe-me-in)
Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
[Bridge]
These thoughts, burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts, will keep me feeling
These thoughts, burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts, will keep me feeling
[Pre-Chorus]
If I ever, If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see, make me be
Make me understand you're there for me
[Chorus]
[Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in](https://genius.com/14417372/In-flames-take-this-life/Take-this-life-im-right-here-stay-a-while-and-breathe-me-in)
Take this life, I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
About
Song Bio
“Take This Life” is the first single from In Flames' 2006 album *Come Clarity*.
This song most likely revolves around the idea of taking care of what you have before its too late. It’s about living life while you still have the chance and to ‘take this life’ and do something meaningful with it.
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Come Clarity
(2006)
- 1. Take This Life
- 2. Leeches
- 3. Reflect the Storm
- 4. Dead End
- 5. Scream
- 6. Come Clarity
- 7. Vacuum
- 8. Pacing Death’s Trail
- 9. Crawl Through Knives
- 10. Versus Terminus
- 11. Our Infinite Struggle
- 12. Vanishing Light
- 13. Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone
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Credits
Released on
February 7, 2006
Producers
Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte & Jesper Strömblad
Writers
Björn Gelotte, Jesper Strömblad & Anders Fridén
Art Direction
Composer
Björn Gelotte & Jesper Strömblad
Lyricist
Vocals
Guitar
Björn Gelotte & Jesper Strömblad
Bass Guitar
Drums
Keyboards
Programmer
Recording Engineer
Daniel Bergstrand, Anders Fridén, Björn Gelotte, Jesper Strömblad, Daniel Svensson & Magnus Lander
Mixing Engineer
Pelle Henricsson & Eskil Lövström
Mastering Engineer
Label
Recorded At
Dug Out Studio (drums, vocals, keyboards and programming), The Room (guitars and bass)
Tags
RockMelodic MetalcoreMetalcoreDeath MetalIn EnglishMetalSverigeMelodic Death MetalAlternative MetalThrash Metal
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