IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE
By Minnamari on February 28, 2026 11:51 pm
This is probably one of the most fun songs I've made. The process was just, enjoyable, though the song actually got started from a kind of heavy place.
This song was ignited by a random remark insinuating my limited life now when I'm with my kids so much (on parental leave) while not really stopping to listen to how I am actually feeling or even understanding all the other things I'm also doing (like this). This little remark ignited a surprisingly strong wrath in me that was perhaps not directly aimed at the person, but more in general, stemming from a sense of silencing and overwriting of an individual's experience. Anyways, that fire got this song going, and gave me the theme for it: a vision for an Underground Tunnel where all previous generations of women who have suppressed their wrath can finally find release, but in a fun(?) way - through music and mosh pits..
I knew from the start what I wanted the song to sound like, thick but playful with a quirky bassline, and then it was just a matter of creating it. It flowed out easily, almost on its own.
The words are mostly my random ramblings of what came up for me while being in that ignited state, but the choruses I added after the verses were done when I had the whole story and could see the full shape created by those ramblings. And it ended up in a much more fun place by the end of it (who could have guessed??). That's the healing magic of music and of transmuting emotions through creativity.
Lyrics
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So much pressure falling on my shoulders
I can't hold it anymore
That's why I'm singing this song now
It's a way to let go, let go
It's so much to carry inside and there needs to be a place to go
I can see my grandmother screaming to a death metal concert
In the Underground Tunnel we go to release our wrath
Too much to hold
You tell me to be a mother
You tell me don't "just" be a mother
I can't even "just" be a mother before I have to be someone, another, human being, who can do all the things
I have to cook, I have to clean, I have to work, I have to create create create
Something of my own, my children are not enough
They have their own lives to live
And so do I
You are welcome to the Tunnel Underground
where we have a rave every evening
at midnight, the witch hour
There's death metal, grindcore, punk and noise, noise
So much noise, noise
and screaming songs
to release the wrath
I am so much more, I am so much more
than you can ever see
You are so much more, We are so much more
than anyone can ever know
Let's go to the Underground Tunnel, there's a rave tonight
where all the women can scream and get into a fight
But hey, it's all right, when I was a teenager
I went to the mosh pit and got my knees all ruddy, bl-bl-bloody
And my mom cleaned the stones with toothbrush, and it hurt
But it was totally worth it
you know what I mean if you have done something similar
That's a part of life
Just being alive
and feeling alive
you gotta get some stone
into your knees from a mosh pit
if that's your cup of tea
It was for me
but not maybe now anymore
Now, the sand I get is
in my face
when my children throw
in the playground
It's good to be, It's so good to be
It's good to be alive
It's so good to be, It's so good to be
It's Good to Be Alive
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