Vice Verses

My all time, hands down favorite band is Switchfoot.  They are everything I could want in a band and more.  Their lyrics never fail to speak to my heart.  Their new album just came out.  It's called Vice Verses.  Kris and I made plans a couple months ago to see them live with Anberlin in Illinois on October 1.  With our tickets we got the new album, a t-shirt, some lithograph something that I won't pretend to know what it is, as well as early entry into the venue.  We got the CDs yesterday and I have been listening to this album over and over again.  So many songs on this particular album seem to speak to me, where I am.  Right now.  Presently.  In my life, spiritually.  One in particular, called Thrive, has been on repeat more than the others.  I just wanted to share the lyrics and the song with you today.

Here is a live version that was posted on YouTube.  The lyrics will follow.



Been fighting things that I can't see in
Like voices coming from the inside of me and
Like doing things I find hard to believe in
Am I myself or am I dreaming?

I've been awake for an hour or so
Checking for a pulse but I just don't know
Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes

No I'm not alright
I know that I'm not right
A steering wheel don't mean you can drive
A warm body don't mean I'm alive

No I'm not alright
I know that I'm not right
Feels like I travel but I never arrive
I want to thrive not just survive

I come alive when I hear you singing
But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and
I get the feeling that I'm in between
A machine and a man who only looks like me

I try and hide it and not let it show
But deep down inside me I just don't know
Am I am a man when I feel like a hoax?
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes

No I'm not alright

I'm always close but I'm never enough
I'm always in line but I'm never in love
I get so down but I won't give up
I get slowed down but I won't give up

I want to thrive not just survive
Thrive