I'm Alive Lyrics - Bittersweet - Kasey Chambers

I told them my story 

Then I broke down and I cried 

I stood like a soldier 

While I crumbled inside 

I took all the credit when it was never really mine 

I let my heart break down with bruises and cuts 

I heard all the secrets and I kept my mouth shut 

Been given all the chances I deserved 

I screwed em all up 

With my finger on the trigger 

I shot and I missed 

I smoked like a chimney I drank like a fish 

I crash, I burned, I lost from all of this 

But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 

Well make no mistakes I have been down this track 

I've felt what it's like to have a knife in my back 

I took all the sorries and I stuffed them all in a sack 

I turned to the experts but that didn't work 

Got down on my knees and I prayed but it hurt 

I thought I struck gold but it turned out to be dirt 

I took all the blame, I swallowed my pride 

I chose to get in and taken for a ride 

I won't be showing up to testify 

But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 

And through all the blood and the sweat and the tears 

Things ain't always what they appear 

I made it through the hardest fucking year 

But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 

Am alive and I am well 

And I got me another chance 

And I got more stories to tell 

And I can fit inside a mansion 

I got nothing left to lose 

And I got nobody to answer to 

And I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive