Intro
Am G Am G
Am G Am G
Verso 1:
Am G
Like a spent gladiator
Am G
Crawling in the Colosseum dust
Am G
Who can count on his remaining limbs
Am
All the people he can trust
Am G
Like the one who stands behind him
Am G
Cheering him on
Am G
Ecstatic when he stands defiant
Am
Wild with abandon when he's gone
F
Just stay alive
Am G
Keep your eyes on the pay line
Am Am
Verso 2:
Am G
Like a village on the steppe
Am G
About to get collectivized
Am G
When the men emerge with rifles from the haystack
Am
Everybody looks surprised
Am G
Like the mice in the forgotten grain
Am G
Way up on the top shelf
Am G
Like someone who's found a small town to escape to
Am
Keeps one eye on his abandoned, former self
F
Stay in the game
Am G
Just try to play through the pain
F Am G
Like a fighter who's been told it's finally time for him to quit
F
Show up in shining colours
Am G
And then stand there and get hit
F F Am Am
Verso 3:
Am G
Like the clock that ticks in Dresden
Am G
When the whole town's been destroyed
Am G
Like the nagging flash of insight
Am
You're always desperate to avoid
Am G
Like the bloody-knuckled gunman
Am G
Still stationed at the breach
Am G
Like that board game with the sliders
Am
And the children on the beach
F
Stay alive
Am G
Maybe spit blood at the camera
Am
Just stay alive
Am G
Stay forever alive
Outro
Am Am Am Am