Still Alive

Verse 1

Friday night, sneakers on the telephone wire

City breath tastes like smoke and cheap desire

I’m late again, but you’re already laughing

Like nothing here could ever be permanent damage

Pre-Chorus

We keep our secrets in guitar cases

Swear we’re fine, but we’re losing our faces

Every promise written in dry erase

One wrong move and it’s gone

Chorus

So shout it back if you’re still alive

We’re just kids with deadlines and battle cries

If this town tries to pull us under

We’ll sing even louder, go down in thunder

Hands up, hearts cracked wide

We’re young enough to feel, dumb enough to try

This is us, no alibi

We’re the sound of a night that refuses to die

Verse 2

Your voice cuts through like a broken radio

Static love on a late-night road

We swear we’ll leave, but we circle the block

Running from the future, chasing the clock

Pre-Chorus

All our plans fit in a backpack

Hope held together with duct tape facts

If we fall, we bounce right back

At least tonight

Chorus

So shout it back if you’re still alive

We’re just kids with deadlines and battle cries

If this town tries to pull us under

We’ll sing even louder, go down in thunder

Hands up, hearts cracked wide

We’re young enough to feel, dumb enough to try

This is us, no alibi

We’re the sound of a night that refuses to die

Bridge

Maybe we’re wrong, maybe we’re reckless

But love like this doesn’t come with a checklist

If everything burns, let it burn bright

I’d rather go loud than fade out quiet

Final Chorus

Shout it back till you lose your voice

Every scar just proves the choice

If we’re breaking, we’re breaking through

Every song sounds better with you

Hands up, no second guess

We’re a beautiful mess in a borrowed second

This is us, tonight’s the sign

We’re the sound of a night that refuses to die