[Intro]

                    
                    


[Verse 1]

             
You could neve

              
r know what it

   
's like.
           
Your blood lik

              
e winter freez

    
es just like i

ce.
              
And there's a 

         
cold lonely li

           
ght that shine

       
s from you.
           
You'll wind up

              
 like the wrec

             
k you hide beh

             
ind that mask 

 
you  use.
             
And did you th

              
ink this fool 

      
could never wi

n?
           
Well look at m

              
e, I'm coming 


back again.
         
I got a taste 

             
of love in a s

/    
imple way.
           
And if you nee

              
d to know whil

             
e I'm still st

              
anding you jus

        
t fade a  -  w


ay.


[Chorus]

              
Don't you know

         
 I'm still sta

              
nding better t

      
han I ever did

.
              
Looking like a

           
 true survivor

              
, feeling like

          
 a little kid.
         
I'm still stan

           
ding after all


 this time.
              
Picking up the

           
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

   
ou on my mind.
            
I'm still stan

           
ding.  Yeah ye

  
ah yeah!
            
I'm still stan

          
ding.  Yeah ye

               
ah yeah!


[Verse 2]

             
Once I never c

             
ould hope to w

/
in.
           
You starting d

              
own the road l

       
eaving me agai

n.
         
The threats yo

              
u made were me

           
ant to cut me 

  
down.
           
And if our lov

              
e was just a c

             
ircus you'd be

        
 a clown  by n

 
ow.


[Chorus]

              
Don't you know

         
 I'm still sta

              
nding better t

      
han I ever did

.
              
Looking like a

           
 true survivor

              
, feeling like

          
 a little kid.
         
I'm still stan

           
ding after all


 this time.
              
Picking up the

           
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

     
ou on my mind.
            
I'm still stan

          
ding.  Yeah ye

  
ah yeah!
            
I'm still stan

          
ding.  Yeah ye

               
ah yeah!


[Instrumental]

                                   



[Chorus/Outro]

              
Don't you know

         
 I'm still sta

              
nding better t

      
han I ever did

.
              
Looking like a

           
 true survivor

              
, feeling like

          
 a little kid.
         
I'm still stan

           
ding after all


 this time.
              
Picking up the

           
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

     
ou on my mind.
            
I'm still stan

         
ding.  Yeah ye

   
ah yeah!
            
I'm still stan

         
ding.  Yeah ye

  
ah yeah!

(repeat and fade to the end)