[Intro]

   x2

[Verse 1]
             
You could neve

          
r know what it

's like
             
Your blood, li

              
ke winter, fre

     
ezes just like

 ice
              
And there's a 

             
cold, lonely l

            
ight that shin

es 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 a-comin

    
g 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 just fade 

away


[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
            
And I'm still 

              
standing after


 all this time
              
Picking up the

            
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

  
ou on my mind


[Post-Chorus]
             
I'm still stan

           
ding (yeah, ye

    
ah, yeah)
             
I'm still stan

           
ding (yeah, ye

      
ah, yeah)


[Verse 2]
             
Once, I never 

        
coulda hoped t

o win
             
You starting d

              
own the road, 

         
leaving me aga

in
             
The threats yo

              
u made were me

         
ant to cut me 

down
            
And if our lov

              
e was just a c

             
ircus, you'd b

        
e a clown by n

ow


[Chorus]
            
You know I'm s

              
till standing 

             
better than I 


ever did
              
Looking like a

            
 true survivor

              
, feeling like

            
 a little kid
            
And I'm still 

              
standing after

   
 all this time
              
Picking up the

            
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

 
ou on my mind


[Post-Chorus]
              
I'm still stan

          
ding (yeah, ye

      
ah, yeah)
              
I'm still stan

          
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)


[Instrumental Break]
        

[Chorus]
              
Don't you know

            
 that I'm stil

              
l standing bet

              
ter than I eve


r did?
              
Looking like a

            
 true survivor

              
, feeling like

             
 a little kid
            
And I'm still 

              
standing after

   
 all this time
              
Picking up the

            
 pieces of my 

              
life without y

   
ou on my mind


[Post-Chorus]
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)


[Outro]
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)
            
I'm still stan

            
ding (yeah, ye

     
ah, yeah)