Life

Our Lady Peace

Song Category Released
Live Count 157 Performances
Lyrics
How many times have you been pushed around? Is anybody there? Does anybody care? And how many times have your friends let you down? Is anybody there? Did anybody stare? Oh And how many times have your friends let you down? Just open up your heart, just open up your mind And how many times has your faith slipped away? Well, is anybody safe? Does anybody pray? Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we're alive Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we'll survive And how many days have you just slept away? Is everybody high? Is everyone afraid? And how many times have you wished you were strong? Have they ever seen your heart? Have they ever seen your pain? Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we're alive Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we'll survive She gets high, she gets lost She gets drowned by the cost Twice a day, every week And all her life She gets high, she gets lost She gets drowned by the cost Twice a day, every week And all her life Life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we're alive Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we'll survive Oh, life is waiting for you It's all messed up, but we're alive Oh, life is waiting for you, oh It's all messed up, but we're alive It's all messed up, but we'll survive It's all messed up, but we're alive It's all messed up, but we'll, oh we'll, survive
Discography
Summary 1 Albums / 3 Promos / 1 Singles
Albums Singles Promos Live Performance History
Live Debut 2000-08-04
BC Place
Most Recent 2026-03-31
Toad's Place
2026
14
2025
18
2024
8
2023
8
2022
6
2020
1
2016
1
2014
1
2012
1
2010
26
2002
2
2001
57
2000
14
Song Notes
Jeremy Taggart, Buffalo News, 20 Mar. 2001:
It is probably one of the simplest songs we ever wrote and one of the best because of that... "Life" was almost done from the beginning and that has happened very few times before.


Jeremy Taggart, Hard Rock Live, 3 Apr. 2001:
I think we've always tried to get the optimistic view. You know the light at the end of the tunnel. So, I think that if you take a song like "Life," I mean it's very, healing. It's almost the whole idea of that song. We've come this far. Things may not be great but let's deal with what we have and try and live. Basically to enjoy life. That's all we have at the end of the day. If you think about the good and the bad…your job sucks or your job's great…or you have an alcohol problem or you got caught stealing. You have to realize that you're alive and that's something that should be looked upon as a good thing, not like we are trapped here.