Battleme is the inner psyche and stage moniker of songwriter Matt Drenik. H… Read Full Bio ↴Battleme is the inner psyche and stage moniker of songwriter Matt Drenik. He is also a contributing member to LA's The Forest Rangers featuring Katey Sagal and Bob Thiele.

On his debut EP, the predominately lo-fi folk record Big Score, Drenik played, recorded and produced everything on his own. The record's success allowed him to share the stage with the likes of Joe Ely and Joe Pug as a solo artist, in addition to having songs included on FX's Sons of Anarchy and NBC's Chuck.

For his debut LP, Drenik signed to Austin, TX label Trashy Moped Recordings. The label was mostly known for putting out the works of Austin's Ghostland Observatory, an electro duo. Drenik worked with Ghostland's Thomas Turner who produced and mixed the 11 track record. On its release in early 2012, the record was received to positive reviews, with Battleme sharing the stage with Walk the Moon, Neon Trees and landing slots at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party and SXSW 2013. The record was a departure from the initial lo-fi material, with Drenik and Turner combining elements of concrete folk, garage, sludge and electro to create a record combing through a wide variety of musical landscapes.

In the winter of 2012, Drenik started writing songs for what would become his 2nd full length album under the Battleme moniker, Future Runs Magnetic. He signed with LA's El Camino and enlisted producer Doug Boehm (Girls, Guided by Voices) to capture a bigger, broader sound that developed with the band that Drenik had put together to support the last release. Portland's Zach Richards and Eric Johnston formed a bombastic rhythm section that lead the newly written songs into a sustained, thrashy, more organic sound. It was tracked mostly live in the spring of 2012 in Portland, OR and LA, CA.

On Oct 8, 2013 Battleme released a 4 song EP titled "Weight on the Brain" via El Camino that comprised of tracks from the upcoming full length, Future Runs Magnetic, due out in January 2014.

Are You Alive
Battleme Lyrics

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Everyone's in love and it's pooring rain
I'd say everything's in love so you
so you call my name

"..."
everyone can last or just love with me
and there's blue ameral dreams
that we that we take "..."

I want you in my "..."

everyone can die and it's
it's just a fact that you're real and lonely facts
are just "..." call my name
you're in my brain yeah
so everything's in love
I want you following me
we're just "..."
"..."
take the things we see
I want you in my brain
yeah

Tell me what you want
what you need
I'll say everything's in love
this is it's in my brain
it's in my brain yeah

everything's in love
so come on "..."
I'd say every fucking "..."
when you
when you call my name

tell me what you want
what you need
I'll say everything's in love
"..." in my brain
so you call my name, yeah
would you call my name, yeah

Oh you're still alive

Overall Meaning

The song "Are You Alive" by Battleme is a song that explores the themes of love, loneliness, and the human condition. The beginning of the song sets the scene with the line "Everyone's in love and it's pouring rain," which gives the listener a sense of the emotional intensity that the song will continue to build on. The next line "I'd say everything's in love so you so you call my name" reinforces the idea that love is all-consuming and that the singer is a part of this intense experience.

The song then continues with lines that suggest that love has the power to change everything - "everyone can last or just love with me and there's blue ameral dreams that we that we take." The singer wants the person they're singing to, the "you" of the song, to be a part of this experience with them. The line "I want you in my brain" is a powerful metaphor for the intensity of the singer's desire.

The song then returns to the theme of loneliness, with the line "everyone can die and it's it's just a fact that you're real and lonely facts are just" - this suggests that even if love is powerful, there is still a sense of existential solitude that pervades human existence. However, the "you" in the song is in the singer's brain and "everything's in love." The song ends with the line "Oh you're still alive," which suggests that despite everything, the "you" of the song is still present, still alive, and still a factor in the singer's life.

Line by Line Meaning

Everyone's in love and it's pooring rain
Despite the gloomy weather, people are still in love.

I'd say everything's in love so you
Love is all around us and it's spreading.

so you call my name
You recognize the love I have for you.

everyone can last or just love with me
Everyone has the opportunity to last or love with me.

and there's blue ameral dreams that we that we take '...'
We have dreams that we pursue, even if they seem far away.

I want you in my '...'
I desire your presence in my life.

everyone can die and it's it's just a fact that you're real and lonely facts are just '...'
Death is a part of life, but you are real and not alone in facing these facts.

call my name
Call out to me when you need me.

you're in my brain yeah
You are always on my mind.

so everything's in love
Love is the foundation of all things.

I want you following me
I want you to be by my side.

we're just '...'
We are simply living our lives.

take the things we see
Let's appreciate the things we observe in the world.

I want you in my brain
I want you to be a part of my thoughts.

yeah
Expresses affirmation.

Tell me what you want
Share your desires with me.

what you need
Tell me what you require.

this is it's in my brain
Love is on my mind and I can't stop thinking about it.

so come on '...'
Let's embrace love and live our lives.