Live Forever

## **Live Forever**Single by The Band Perry

### Writer(s)

Jenna Andrews • Jakke Erixson • Nadir Khayat • Karl-Ola Kjellholm • Kimberly Perry • Neil Perry • Reid Perry

### Label

"**Live Forever***"* is a song by American band The Band Perry. It was released on August 14, 2015, through Republic Nashville.

## Critical reception

Country music blog *Taste of Country* reviewed the song positively, complimenting the anthemic nature of the song as well as its "big", "vivid" sound. In a starred review for *Digital Journal*, Markos Papadatos praised the trio for trying something new and noted the single is "good regardless" of their shift in genre; he rated the song four stars out of five. Grady Smith of *The Guardian* was more critical, writing that the song "pushes the band away from the hearty style that made them great in the first place," and insisting that "Live Forever" is "not a country song – it's a bad pop song."

## Lyrics

Oh, oh

I was dreaming of war; you saw that I wouldn't die

Was dreaming of shores that my ship would find

I was dreaming because it made me feel so alive

Was dreaming it all from my bed last night

You will be my only one

Hold my hand so we can run

You and I, we're staying young, yeah

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all

I want it right now, feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all

I want it right now, wanna feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

I was feeling a storm, but it wasn't outside

Was feeling a force; I'm electrified

I was feeling my heart; there was thunder inside

Was feeling it all from my bed last night

You will be my only one

Hold my hand so we can run

You and I, we're staying young, yeah

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all

I want it right now, feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all

I want it right now, wanna feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

All the things that I don't know

All the dreams that I've been shown

All the ways that it could end tonight

Close your eyes

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all (I want it all)

I want it right now, feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy (Go crazy)

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

This time, I want it all (I want it all)

I want it right now, wanna feel the fall

Go, go crazy, go, go, go crazy

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

We're gonna live, we're gonna live forever

## Charts

 Canada Country (*Billboard*)
 US Hot Country Songs (*Billboard*)
 US Country Airplay (*Billboard*)

## Trivia

* "Live Forever" was chosen by Team USA to be their official song for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

## References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live\_Forever\_(The\_Band\_Perry\_song)
2. https://tunebat.com/Info/Live-Forever-The-Band-Perry/1kPeD4evyyOFOA2acDU6Mn
3. https://www.bubbleup.net/news/team-usa-chooses-band-perry-anthem-as-official-team-song-for-2016-olympics