I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover)

Cake

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
I kept thinking
I could never live without you by my side

But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you'd done me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to get along

And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here
Without that look upon your face

I should have changed that fucking lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me

Oh now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around
Now, you're not welcome anymore

Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?

Oh not I
I will survive
Yeah
As Long as I know how to love

I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive
Yeah, yeah

It took all the strength I had
Just not to fall apart
I'm trying hard to mend the pieces
Of my broken heart
And I've spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high

And you see me
With somebody new
I'm not that stupid little person
Still in love with you
And so you thought you'd just drop by
And you expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my lovin'
For someone whose lovin' me

Oh now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around
Now, you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire?

Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh not I
I will survive
Yeah
As long as I know how to love
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive

Yeah, yeah
Oh no


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I Will Survive Lyrics as written by Frederick J. Perren Dino Fekaris

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  • +3
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    personally, this is my theme song. i listen to this whenever i feel down and it makes me feel happy again.

    lunch box angelon April 29, 2002   Link
  • +2
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    I really love their remake of this song. The original is really awesome too.

    NicoleInWonderlandon May 02, 2002   Link
  • +2
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    Is it just me, but I hear in this version more of an irony, like the guy things the lyrics trying to show that he has moved on, but the interpretation cleary shows that he hasn't. More like showing strenght while still being in pieces... Love the little updates, like "should've change my FU**IN' lock". They show a little bit of discontrol, not really controling the feelings.. ;)

    Prometeoon July 30, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    The great thing about Cake is that their songs are so easy to sing along to.

    Mr. Goneon January 18, 2002   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This is a simple song. The speaker was in love with a person and he is proclaiming that he doen't need to rely on her anymore. He will move on to find love again...

    God Bless John McCrea :D

    MorningStaron March 27, 2002   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    damn i can relate to shit load of these songs i must have a shity ass life

    thefmon June 21, 2012   Link
  • +1
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    I used to hear this song and think it was about some one that got broken up with and then preserving (surviving) then the one who did the breaking up comes crawling back. but what I now think it's about is A person was in a bad relationship and had to be strong and break up with the one they were with. instead of trying to understand how they felt and why it was happening the other just tried to make them feel worse about them leaving them then came crawling back for another chance but then the person who did the breaking up was over them and was done feeling bad about it. I recently went thru a break up where I gotten broken up with and tried to hurt her as I left. I'm glad I realized the real meaning of this song before I left things between us forever broken, But this is just my interpretation

    WarrenKon June 16, 2017   Link
  • 0
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    cool

    djfoobooon May 07, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I love the video they made for this song...isnt it the one where he is in an ice cream truck or something?

    NicoleInWonderlandon May 13, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    He was a "meter maid", but close

    MorningStaron May 19, 2002   Link

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