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[Verse 1]
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I understand why you close your eyes
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Why you deaf your ears, oh I realize now
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You wanna feel nothing just like I was
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A coward in the shadows no view from above
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[Verse 2]
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Now I'm alive, it's hard to explain
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It took this much time and took this much pain
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You can get here if you're willing
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Let go of yourself for a new beginning
[Chorus]
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It was easier to sit than stand for myself
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It was easy to give in than stand for myself
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[Verse 3]
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I know why you hide away
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Why you keep so quiet, mind what you say now
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You think you're too much, too hot to handle
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You're stronger than anyone but still so fragile
[Chorus]
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It was easier to sing than stand for myself
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It was easier to give in than stand for myself
[Bridge]
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It was ha-ard enough to go and live on
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I was so tired, trying to belong
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I was lost in the city, you could see it in my eyes
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But I was still a dreamer in the middle of the night
[Outro]
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Now I’m alive, alive
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I’m alive
I used to be nothing like you
I used to feel nothing like you
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Now I’m alive, alive
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I’m alive
I used to be nothing like you
I used to feel nothing like you
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Now I’m alive, alive
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I’m alive
I used to be nothing like you
I used to feel nothing like you
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Now I’m alive, alive
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I’m alive! Ooh yeah!
[Outro]
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Ooh ooh
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Oh, oh, oh
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Oh, oh, oh