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Live Like You Were Dying

Song · 2004 · Tim McGraw. Album: Live Like You Were Dying

A wake-up call to actually live 🤠

Who it's for

The song follows a man who reorders his life after a serious diagnosis.

Shaken→Inspired and alive

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What it is

"Live Like You Were Dying" is a 2004 country song by Tim McGraw and the lead single and title track of his eighth album. Written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, it follows a man in his early forties who learns he has a life-threatening illness and reassesses what matters most. The writers drew on friends and family who gained a new outlook after cancer diagnoses.

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For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Death”

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