Lyrics
[Intro 🔥][Energy: Mid]
(bass line enters — Staying Alive DNA immediately recognizable)
(guitar riff locks in over the top — heavy not disco)
(horn stab — punchy)
(the groove announces itself)
[Verse 1 🔥][Energy: Mid-High]
(controlled vocal — deliberate, almost conversational)
Well you can tell by the way
I push back the bread
I'm a health-focused man
No carbs ahead
Blood sugar was high
Now it's coming down
Been working this body
All over town
And now it's alright
It's okay
Every choice I make
Is earning me a day
[Pre-Chorus][Energy: Build]
(horns enter, bass drives harder)
Why am I cutting out the carbs?
Why am I fasting through the dark?
Why am I lifting when it hurts?
Why am I running till I burst?
[Chorus 🔥][Energy: Explosive]
(groove HITS full — horns blazing, guitar driving)
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Every meal is a choice
Every fast is a choice
Every mile is a choice
Staying alive
Staying alive
Staying alive
[Verse 2 🔥][Energy: Mid-High]
Well I got the A1c
Coming down to five
Got the doctor saying
Son you're gonna thrive
Used to need the cane
Used to need the meds
Now I'm running 5ks
Clearing out my head
And now it's alright
It's okay
I know what I'm building
Every single day
[Pre-Chorus][Energy: Build]
(horns rise, drums punishing)
Why am I passing on the cake?
Why am I up before daybreak?
Why am I doing this again?
Why am I choosing this today?
[Chorus 🔥][Energy: Explosive]
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Not dying young
Not living sick
Not going back
To what almost
Took me out
Staying alive
Staying alive
[Bridge 😭][Energy: Low]
(groove drops — bass alone, heartbeat steady)
(vocal close, almost spoken)
There was a time
I watched other people
Do the work
I couldn't do
Wished for a miracle
Waited for a sign
While the body
Kept the score
(drums enter slow)
Then one night
In a hospital bed
I understood
What was coming
Not death
Something worse
Living sick
(horn enters — single long note)
And I decided
That wasn't
My life
[Bridge 🔥][Energy: Explosive]
(full band CRASHES — groove returns harder)
So now I know
Why I do
Every hard thing
Every day
Because the alternative
Isn't death
It's decades
Of slow surrender
And I choose
Staying alive
Every single
Morning
[Final Chorus 🔥🔥][Energy: Explosive]
(overwhelming — groove at full power, horns blazing)
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Staying alive
Ah ha ha ha
Staying alive
Why am I cutting carbs?
Staying alive
Why am I fasting hard?
Staying alive
Why am I on this trail?
Staying alive
Why am I lifting weights?
Staying alive
Not the rocking chair version
Not the living sick version
Not the waiting for a miracle version
The showing up
Every morning
Choosing it again
Staying alive version
Staying alive
Staying alive
Staying
Alive
[Outro 🔥][Energy: Mid][Fade Out]
(bass groove cycling — Staying Alive DNA to the end)
(horns punctuate)
(vocal over the top)
Staying alive
(staying alive)
Every choice
(every choice)
Staying alive
(staying alive)
...ah ha ha ha
Still here
