I Survived - Midge Ure

I’ll count the things that matter

As I gaze across an empty sky

Writing names and lists in letters

Upon the papers in my hand

And I was lost and I was scared

Completely unprepared

For the war I’d just been through

And I would shade the light from on my eyes

Bowed my head until I’d realised

That I’d survived

I’d survived

Watch the hands move slowly

Over numbers and blank faces

As the shadows slide across my walls

See my one time friend and enemy

Smile in his defeat

I’ll watch him fall

And I was dead and I was gone

With no strength to carry on

As I sipped another sip away

Then I raised my hands up to the skies

And I closed my eyes and realised

I survived

I survived

I survived

Simple sinner

Simple man

Keep it and hold it white you can, you can