Only Trying to Stay Alive

Lyrics

All the things they told us
All the things we learned to say
They said believe and you will fly
Keep your head up, touch the sky
Turn your scars to something gold
Be the story that gets told
So we learned to wear the light
Paint our shadows out of sight
Called it courage, called it grace
Put a pretty name on every ache
But underneath the words we know
There's something older down below
A beating heart, a restless mind
Still searching for a place to hide
We're only trying to stay alive
Running in circles, calling it life
Holding on to things we can't define
Searching for a reason, passing time
We're only trying to stay alive
Stay alive
Is there more than this?
This is the morning that
We chased the love that made us whole
Gave away pieces of our souls
Mystic attention for being seen
And call the hunger a dream
We made ambition out of fear
Kept running just to disappear
And every time we lost our way
We found another phrase to say
But underneath the grand design
The same old instincts intertwine
To be wanted, to belong, to find somewhere we can call home
We're only trying to stay alive
Running in circles, calling it life
Holding on to things we can't find
Searching for a reason, passing time
We're only trying to stay alive
Stay alive
It's the more than this
What if we don't need to rise?
What if we don't need to shine?
What if nothing needs to change for us to be enough this time?
No more promises to keep
No more answers dressed in dreams
Just the pulse beneath the skin
And the life we're living in
We're only trying to stay alive
But there's more beneath the fire
Beyond the fear, beyond the need
There's a world we haven't seen
We're only trying to stay alive
Stay alive
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