Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Steve Vai
Canonical path: /steve-vai/survive
Related lyric paths: 6
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Survive
Read Survive lyrics by Steve Vai on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Survive
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Get ready for your life
Won't you take your place in line
You may close your eyes if you please
Try to keep it clean
There's so many here you see
Everybody needs to get by
And if you fall on your face on the way
You'll get it together someday
Like the sun in the sky
We fall and we will rise
Helping each other survive
Just like the animals
We need to carry on
Or how will we ever survive?
Prejudice is pain
Just like poison in your veins
Burning up your hope and your strength
Freedom you will find
In your spirit and your mind
Nothing can ever take that away
And when your castles of sand melt in the sea
Mountains will move with your faith
Like the sun in the sky
We fall and we will rise
Helping each other survive
Just like the animals
We need to carry on
Or how will we ever survive?
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Steve Vai performs "Survive", and this lyric page sits inside the Steve Vai catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Alive In An Ultra World and And We Are One with a short reason for opening each page next.
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