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   it gets harder
   to keep trying to hold on
   watch our hopes take wing
   wave at them when they're gone
   plunge like suicides from rooftops
   break our ankles when we land
   and bless the arrows
   that strike us where we stand
   
   if it doesn't crush me, it's alright
   if it doesn't break me, it's alright
   all the petty demons trying to break me in two
   i was born stronger than any of you
   it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
        
   it gets complicated
   when they come in for their counter-attack
   everybody hates a victim
   who won't stop fighting back
   spray blood in their faces
   play for keeps
   and bless the brave assassins
   who strike us while we sleep
   
   if it doesn't crush me, it's alright
   if it doesn't break me, it's alright
   all the petty demons trying to break me in two
   i was born stronger than any of you
   it's alright, it's alright, it's alright