verse 1 Dead to the world my body was sleeping? On my mind was nothin? at all Come a mist, an air so appealing I?m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called verse 2 I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing? Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all We sat for a while, he was very engaging? And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile With a strange way of walking? And a strange way of breathing? More lives than a cat that led me astray All in all, he captured my heart Dead to the world and I just slipped away verse 3 I heard me a music that drew me to dancing? Lo, I turned under his spell I opened my coat but he never came closer I bolted the door and whispered, oh well With a strange way of walking? And a strange way of breathing? More lives than a cat that led me astray All in all, he captured my heart Dead to the world and just slipped away Instrumental x 5 verse 4 I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me Wondering?, well, I just couldn't discern Will he come back, come back to me? Oh, I whispered will you ever return? Verse 5 I was feeling? sensations in no dictionary He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke The life in his fingers unwound my existence Dead to the world alive I awoke With a strange way of walking? And a strange way of breathing? Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke The life in his fingers unwound my existence Dead to the world alive I awoke Outro Alive I awoke (Alive) Alive I awoke (Alive I awoke) Alive (I awoke) I awoke (I awoke) I awoke (Alive) Alive, alive, oh (Alive) (Alive) Alive, alive, oh Alive, alive, oh