Pamala Stanley: Music and Lyrics
We Survive
NICK WROTE THIS FROM THE HEART.. I THINK HE IS AN AMAZING LYRICIST AND WRITER. WHEN I HEARD IT I SAID NICK...I HAVE TO RECORD THIS SONG. IT IS AN ANTHEM. AND IT IS..I LOVE THIS SONG, IT REACHES SO MANY PEOPLE. EVERTIME I PERFORM THIS SONG LIVE, I HAVE PEOPLE COME UP TO ME WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND SAY THAT IT SPOKE TO THEM AND GAVE THEM STRENGTH.
WE SURVIVE
VERSE 1
IT’S NOT EASY BUT WE DO IT EVERYDAY
THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT WE LOSE ALONG THE WAY
THE ROAD TO BROKEN SOULS AND PIECES OF DREAMS
THE CHILDHOOD WISHES THAT WON’T BE REDEEMED
WE PAY WAY TO MUCH FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF MIND
THE COST OF LIVING COSTS MORE THAN THE LIFE
SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN AND WHEN IT’S OUT OF OUR HAND
WE FALL WE STAND
CHORUS
WE SURVIVE….WE WIN AND WE LOSE
WE LIVE AND WE LAUGH AND WE CRY
WE SURVIVE…. WE GIVE AND WE TAKE
WE LOVE AND WE HATE AND WE BARELY GET BY
BUT STILL THROUGH IT ALL WE FIND……. WE SURVIVE
VERSE 2
THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT WE KEEP IN OUR HEARTS
THERE WE FIND COMFORT WHEN THE ROAD GETS TO
ROUGH
WE SEARCH FOR A MEANING WE KEEP ASKING GOD WHY
IN HOPE WE HAVE STRENGTH…IN FAITH WE RELY
BRIDGE
THERE’S NOT ALWAYS A CHOICE WE GROW AND WE LEARN
TAKING OUR CHANCES…WE BEND AND WE BURN
SPINNING AROUND IN THIS CIRCLE OF LIFE
SOMETIMES WE CRASH OH BUT SOMETIMES WE CRY
CHORUS
WE SURVIVE….WE WIN AND WE LOSE
WE LIVE AND WE LAUGH AND WE CRY
WE SURVIVE…. WE GIVE AND WE TAKE
WE LOVE AND WE HATE AND WE BARELY GET BY
BU STILL THROUGH IT ALL WE FIND……. WE SURVIVE