The Survivalist:

Survive, the tides;
Are you willing to die -
To fight for your life?
I fight pride;
Betting my hand on a lie;
Still I drive;
White light blind;
Staring at stars in the sky;
I’ll survive -

Running faster, burning stars;
Take my song and take my heart;
Start a game where no one wins;
Bury me deep, cover up my sins;

So I can live;
And do it again;
So they will know my name;

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist -

Stand in this hole I dug beneath me;
Crossing the line and now I’m screaming -
Out to the rats, I played the piper;
Leadin’ them to the rising fire;
Are we born to lose?
Don’t want your fame;
Have you guessed my name?

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist;
A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Like Jesus Christ and Lazarus;
I am a survivalist;

The silence of this sound;
Below, still talkin’ down –

So they can live;
And do it again;
So we would know their name -

I crossed my heart and prayed that you’d save me;
Into the cold, I walked over canyons;
I drank the wine and danced with the angels;
Have we run out of time?
Have we run out tonight?

Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive;
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive;

I crossed my heart and prayed that you’d save me;
You watched me die, I knew you’d betray me;

Please, God, help me…

Still remember the time when I lost my mind;
When I sold my birthright for a cup of wine;
When my family turned its back on me;
‘Cause I wouldn’t sell out to a ministry;
Ya’ see -
How come I couldn’t just hold these broken wings -
That were cut from me?
It wasn’t mine to choose;
I wasn’t yours to save;
I kept feeding the fire, that burns and it burns and now -
I’m choking on the fumes from all that I’ve learned;
But you wouldn’t stop building your walls around me -
To see the I had built an army aimed at what you believe;
In the end it’s still fire verse fire and I’m hell bent -
On saving what’s mine and burning down heaven;

So, I can live;
And do it again;
So they will know name;

A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Hanging on your crucifix;
I am a survivalist;
A dead man walks with just one kiss;
Am I just an anarchist?
Like Jesus Christ and Lazarus;
I am a survivalist;

Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it, isolate;
Create, survive –
Create, survive it;
Isolate me…