every time you think you won't make it

and each time you're convinced that you can't take it

picture me in this light

think of me, you can fight

i've been chewed up and spit

i've been big, i've been hit

i've been burned but i have learned



that we survive, we get by

we take the hit and we learn to fight

we collide, but we don't die 

trying to put out wildfires



when you get the feeling that it's not in you 

and all those times remind you of what you can't do

remember me, i've lost and loved

and i am not giving up



though i've been torn, i've been used

i've been fooled, i've abused

all my rights to living, but i'm alive



'cause we survive, we get by

we take the hit and we learn to fight

we collide, but we don't die 

trying to put out wildfires



let them come, i'm going to let them take me

let them burn up everything that's made me

'til the end, i swear, i'm never going to let them break me



though i've been crushed, i've been killed

i've been scared, but god, i will

keep on trudging up this crazy hill



we survive, we get by

we take the hit and we learn to fight

we collide, but we don't die 

trying to put out wildfires



when there's no doubt how it's going to turn out

let them burn out, never put out wildfires