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"So We Can Stay Alive" lyrics

So We Can Stay Alive

Imagine this
We make things right
So beautiful
We cling tonight
To all our dreams
We pin them up
We lose our minds
If we lose our hope

We swear to change
But we bottle it
Stick to our guns
And all our sins
We bury fear
We drink to it
We might cheat death
If we worship it

So we can stay alive
Our sex, our power, our drive
We lose ourselves inside
So we can feel alive

You're the one
Who should be on trial
For all your hate
And your denial
Be careful what
It is you break
Every broken thing
Can't be fixed

And all those fragile
Things we are
They find their voice
They find their power
They take a grip
Around your throat
They keep squeezing
Till your life runs out

So we can stay alive
Our sex, our power, our drive
We lose ourselves inside
So we can feel alive

Masochistic victim sadist
Victor vanquish valour sadness
Lust and love
Our lives, our blindness

All alone we fight the fear
By ourselves in every way
All our lust
All our greed
All our hate
We're on our knees
Hear us beg
Hear us pray

We can stay alive
We can stay alive
We can stay alive
We can stay alive
We can stay alive
We can stay alive