[verse 1] They taught us how to bite our tongues Before we learned to speak Built our homes on broken promises And handed us the keys We wore survival like a skin We never got to choose They said we’d never make it “Just another troubled youth” [chorus] We were never meant to survive Yet here we are Still breathing Still standing Still refusing to die We were never meant to survive… BUT WE’RE ALIVE [verse 2] We learned to smile through grinding teeth To hide what still remained Every room another battlefield Every love ended the same Built our walls a little higher Every time they let us down Backhanded jokes disguise resentment for The peace they never found [chorus] We were never meant to survive Yet here we are Still breathing Still standing Still refusing to die We were never meant to survive… BUT WE’RE ALIVE [bridge] We stop asking for catharsis Stop believing we can dream Every scar became a language No one else could ever read Still the voice beneath the wreckage Keeps reminding me to breathe They buried every part they could But never Buried Me [final chorus] We were never meant to survive Yet here we are Still breathing Still standing Still refusing to die We were never meant to survive… BUT WE’RE ALIVE
