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You could never know what it's like
Your blood, like winter, freezes just like ice
And there's a cold, lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use
And did you think this fool could never win?
Well look at me, I'm a-coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing
You just fade away
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Once I never coulda hoped to win
You starting down the road, leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now
You know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don't you know that I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing
Your blood, like winter, freezes just like ice
And there's a cold, lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use
And did you think this fool could never win?
Well look at me, I'm a-coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing
You just fade away
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Once I never coulda hoped to win
You starting down the road, leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now
You know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don't you know that I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm still standing
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This is definetly Elton John's song. He released it after all the hurtful(and untrue) allegations were released by The Sun, and numerous American record companies were cold towards him because of his homosexuality. This was his retaliation towards them. Favourite line "And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away" He's saying that all the petty people will be forgotten while he will be remembered forever and continue his career.
@musicmax It's a song written by Bernie Taupin, not by Elton John. I don't believe there is a feeling of professional revenge in it ; it's a love song, not a protest song...
This song reminds me about when i got my life back together after my depression i heard this song and it told me that no matter what people say or do no one will ever be able to knock me down because i will just come back stronger than ever
@RichardWard I love your understanding of this song. I have quite the same.<br /> "Fallen nine times, stood up ten" or something like that...<br /> Notyhing can fall us down, dude ! My latest tatoo is a semi column : ";" not the end, the story goes on ! Keep smiling, man !
The song is about breaking from a relationship with a socio-/psychopath and/or narcissist.
Especially the first verse gives hints of that.
"You could never know what it's like" (What love is like) "Your blood like winter freezes just like ice" (No sincere emotions) "And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you" (Isolation) "... behind that mask you use" (Not showing their true personality)
awesome song
I listened to this song everyday when I was going through a painful breakup and nothing cheered me up more. Simple, effective.
Wonderful. Just wonderful. I love the definition that musicmax gave: "He's saying that all the petty people will be forgotten while he will be remembered forever and continue his career." We all have a lot to learn from Elton.
@rumi sorry, but I don't agree with you ; this is a love song, not a protest song. The character nearly died out of a love break, but he survived, stood up and started living again. In spite of what his former lover did to him, he fell down, but stood up again and keeps on walking ! This song is full of hope, I think.
To me, this song is about that feeling you get when you are treated badly, then you realise that they don't matter because you can still get by. Elton is awesome!!
I love the line "picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind" because it reminds me of how i had to get my life abck together after me and my BF broke up
This song is so uplifting! It reminds me that no one can bring me down and I get to laugh in their face when they see that I'm still standing XD
@LouOstrich <3
This is a real kick up the arse after a break-up, listen tp this and you'll be fine!
@angst_pixie Yeah, yeah, yeah !!! ;-)