Name: Will to Survive
Duration: P00H03M26S
Description: Written in Spring 2020 as the world turned upside down.

Will to Survive

by John Stanislawski

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Written in Spring 2020 as the world turned upside down.

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What the hell are they doing?
They run back in when it’s burning down
think if they keep moving
They can stop the world from spinning round
They’re all lost in the search for meaning
Is there anything still worth believing?

See a mother at a busstop crying
for what she’ll leave her son
She don’t pray every day but she’s trying
And she’s not the only one
Wide awake in the dead of night
Thinking she’ll give the white light a try

Wish I could say they’re on the mend
Never been this close to the edge
They jump cause they think they’ll fly
Wake up before the big goodbye
These days being alive means dying
For the will to survive

No straight line to the truth
So they follow crooked leaders
Always right but lacking proof
It’s time to break the mirrors
When did self-aware became self-obsessed?
I don’t think we're gonna pass the test

Wish I could say they’re on the mend
Never been so close to the edge
They jump thinking that they’ll fly
Wake up before the big goodbye
These days being alive means dying
For the will to survive

What the hell are they doing?
They run back in while it’s burning down

Words: John Stanislawski

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released December 31, 2020
Mark Watrous: electric guitar
Graham Bechler: drums, bass, acoustics, keyboards, vocals
Cori Bechler: vocals
John Stanislawski: vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris Leonard: mix
Dave McNair: master

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at The Chapel (2020)

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