I Come Alive

This is the first single from American alternative rockers The Used's fifth album, Vulnerable. It was the first release on the band's own label, Anger Music Group, an imprint of Hopeless Records. The band left Warner Bros. after working with them for 10 years. "I Come Alive" is the first single from the album and it is a metaphor for the rebirth of the band.

Vocalist Bert McCracken explained the song's meaning to Kerrang! magazine: "It's an intense song. It's heavy and dark. It reminds me of 'A Box Full of Sharp Objects' and maybe 'The Bird and the Worm.' It's really theatrical and it's about falling down, getting back up and moving on with your life."

The Used bassist Jeph Howard likes the chorus of "I Come Alive," which goes: "I come alive when I'm falling down." He tells us the song is an anthem for the whole Vulnerable album, which is about the band members starting over mentally, musically, and emotionally after a decade of being together. (Here's our full interview with Jeph Howard.)