It was just another year ruled by everything I fear
I close my spirit down to save my heart and soul
When suddenly from dark came light

In a flash of blinding light
Now the rage to live is all I really know


I refuse to let it die--no regrets no alibis
Every situation makes me what I am


Now I can taste, I can feel
Every breath of what is real
From the wreckage now I climb--and I'm alive

Now my story is my song
What doesn't kill me makes me strong
Got a lesson to survive--and I'm alive

Oh I'm alive

Standing in the line of fire--feel the shells of new desire

Daring life to throw me the hardest thing its got
It feels so strange to have no fear
Though the danger point is near

After all I've seen, go ahead and take your shot

Won't you burn the forest to the ground

Bring it back to virgin ground
Dying's easy after all I've taken on


Now I can breathe, I can feel
Every breath of what is real
From the wreckage now I climb--and I'm alive

Now my story story is my song
What doesn't kill me makes me strong
Got a lesson to survive--and I'm alive

Oh I'm alive

Hear the wind blow--how far nobody knows

Look up in the sky--see the stars
I will live until the end of time
Here in my soul--I'm alive