Kasey Chambers - I'm Alive lyrics

I told them my story Then I broke down and I cried I stood like a soldier While I crumbled inside I took all the credit when it was never really mine I let my heart break down with bruises and cuts I heard all the secrets and I kept my mouth shut Been given all the chances I deserved I screwed em all up With my finger on the trigger I shot and I missed I smoked like a chimney I drank like a fish I crash, I burned, I lost from all of this But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive Well make no mistakes I have been down this track I've felt what it's like to have a knife in my back I took all the sorries and I stuffed them all in a sack I turned to the experts but that didn't work Got down on my knees and I prayed but it hurt I thought I struck gold but it turned out to be dirt I took all the blame, I swallowed my pride I chose to get in and taken for a ride I won't be showing up to testify But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And through all the blood and the sweat and the tears Things ain't always what they appear I made it through the hardest f**ing year But I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive Am alive and I am well And I got me another chance And I got more stories to tell And I can fit inside a mansion I got nothing left to lose And I got nobody to answer to And I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive