What's This Life For

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“What's This Life For”
“What's This Life For” cover
Single by Creed
from the album My Own Prison
Released January 19, 1999
Format CD
Genre Rock
Length 4:08
Label Wind-Up Records
Writer(s) Scott Stapp
Mark Tremonti
Creed singles chronology
"My Own Prison"
(1997)
"What's This Life For"
(1998)
"Torn"
(1998)

"What's This Life For" is a song composed by Creed. It is off their 1997 album My Own Prison. Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti wrote this about one of their friends who had committed suicide. The lyrics deal with how hard it is to find happiness and meaning in the world. The song contains the only profane word in Creed's three albums. The song also appeared in the film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.