This Is Your Life (song)
"This Is Your Life" is a song by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and their third single. "This Is Your Life" first appeared on the group's 2003 album "The Beautiful Letdown" and peaked at #30 on the US Modern Rock charts. The single also hit the U.S. top 40, peaking at No. 31. Of the three mainstream radio singles released from "The Beautiful Letdown", this song was the least successful on the charts. It is also the only single from the album not to have a music video created for it. Composition. "This Is  Your Life" is an alternative rock song that lasts for a duration of four minutes and eighteen seconds. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Capitol CMG, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a steady, moderately slow tempo of 124 beats per minute. "This Is Your Life" is composed in the key of C sharp minor (Cm), while Jon Foreman's vocal range spans two octaves and five notes, from a low of B to a high of G. The song has a basic sequence of Cm–A–B during the introduction, alternates  between the chords of Cm and A in the verses and outro, changes to E–B–A at its chorus and follows Cm–A–B–A–B–A during the interludes as its chord progression. Live. In concert this song is played longer than the studio version, with a more psychedelic arrangement, in contrast to the electronica-tinged studio version. The concert version prominently features Jon Foreman screaming into the resonating chamber of his guitar, which distorts the screams to an eerie effect. During the "Nothing Is Sound" Tour "This is Your Life" often segued directly into "Happy Is a  Yuppie Word". This combination was also played during a few performances of the "Oh! Gravity." Spring Tour, one of which was notably captured on the band's official bootleg for the 21 February 2007 show in Calgary.