| Alive!
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| And right before your eyes
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| It's easy to think twice
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| A choice can change your life
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| Angry fists, angry eyes
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| Thought you'd take them by surprise
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| And unleash all your demons upon them
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| With your guns and your knives
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| Left them fighting to survive
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| You're the villain but you played the victim
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| Never took no advice
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| Did you ever realize
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| That your violence had taken your virtue
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| Well, you can't wash away
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| The mistakes of yesterday
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| When the boys wearing blue come to greet you
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| And I can hear the sirens still calling your name
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| And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| One day before it all came crashing down
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| Did you stop and regret?
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| When the voice inside your head
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| Got so quiet that you'd hear a pin drop
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| Did you still like the view
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| When their guns were aimed at you
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| Screaming "Out of the house with your hands up!"
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| Now you wait in the line
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| For the prison bell to chime
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| Singing "I fought the law but the law won"
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| When you're done serving time
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| You can look them in the eyes
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| While you count all the live that you've broken
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| And I can hear the sirens still calling your name
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| And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| One day before it all came crashing down
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| And I can see the flashing lights take you away
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| And now the tears are rolling down your mother's face
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| One day before it all came crashing down
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| Some day you'll see the life that you turned down
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| Alive!
|
| And I can hear the sirens still calling your name
|
| And I can see the ashes rise up from the flames
|
| When love was still around
|
| When love was still around
|
| One day before it all came crashing down
|
| And I can see the flashing lights take you away
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| And now the tears are rolling down your mother's face
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| One day before it all came crashing down
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| One day before it all came crashing down
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| When love was still around
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| When love was still around
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| Some day you'll see the life that you turned down
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| Alive!
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| And right before your eyes
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| It's easy to think twice
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| A choice can change your life |