Double Bass,Piano,String Bass - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1367019 Composed by Stephen Sondheim. Arranged by Rodrigo Ramos. Broadway,Easter,Film/TV,Multicultural,Musical/Show,Singer/Songwriter,World. Score and part. 13 pages. Rodrigo Ramos #951361. Published by Rodrigo Ramos (A0.1367019). Being Alive is a song from the musical Company with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song appears at the end of the second act and is sung by Robert, a 35-year-old bachelor at the center of the show, who ...realizes that being a lone wolf isn't all it's cracked up to be. He declares that he wants to take risks, to have fear, being heartbroken - or whatever happens when you decide to love and be loved. This arrangement is a sung version of the theme adapted for Bass and piano.