I was born in a thunderstorm 
I grew up overnight 
I played alone 
I played on my own 
I survived 

I wanted everything I never had 
Like the love [bad word] with life 
I wore envy and I hated it 
But I survived 

I had a one-way ticket to a place 
Where all the demons go 
Where the wind don't change 
And nothing in the ground can ever grow 
No hope, just lies 
And you're taught to cry in your pillow 
But I survived 

I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing 
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 

I found solace in the strangest place 
Way in the back of my mind 
I saw my life in a stranger's face 
And it was mine 

I had a one-way ticket to a place 
Where all the demons go 
Where the wind don't change 
And nothing in the ground can ever grow 
No hope, just lies 
And you're taught to cry in your pillow 
But I survived 

I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing 
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing 

I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 

You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 

You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 
You took it all, but I'm still breathing 

I had made every single mistake 
That you could ever possibly make 
I took and I took and I took what you gave 
But you never noticed that I was in pain 

I knew what I wanted; I went in and got it 
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't 
I told you that I would never be forgotten 
And all in spite of you 

And I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing 
I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing 
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 

I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 
I'm alive (You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 
(You took it all, but I'm still breathing) 
I'm alive 

I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive 
I'm alive