You can live your life of ease
If you obey the hierarchy
I never could see, I never knew why
I shouldn't stand and speak my mind

You keep your mouth shut and you're okay
You get to live through one more day
But I had to say this and I had to say that
And they stuck a knife right in my back

Closed the lid to bury me but while there's still
A breath of life in me
Left me for dead but there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive

Traitors prosper, rebels die and then they say
He was no friend of mine
Oh, I never say no, when I want to say yes
I never go along and vote for the obvious

Just because of my point of view
My expiry date's long overdue
Oh, you never can tell what's going on in their minds
They write your death warrant but return your smile

While there's still a breath in me
I will not lie down they won't get me
Left me for dead there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive
I will survive

While there's still a breath in me
I won't lie down they won't get me
Left me for dead there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive

While there's still a breath in me
I won't lie down they won't get me
Left me for dead there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive

While there's still a breath in me
I won't lie down they won't get me
Left me for dead there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive

While there's still a breath in me
I won't lie down they won't get me
Left me for dead there's no way
That I will ever give in, I will survive