I shiver when I remember   The things that I have seen   I know the light, I know the Night   I have walked with things unseen   I have been a king invincible   I've been the poorest of the poor   I've pulled the mighty from their thrones   And laughed at Death's own door      'Cause I'm alive, I'm alive   I'm alive, I'm alive      I roamed the world in search of life   Death followed in my wake   I searched for truth, I want the truth   And learned more than I could take   I've walked the roads of mystery   And it's aged me much too soon   I've paied the piper and I've paied him well   But he still calls the tune      I'm alive [4x]      I shiver when I remember   The shadow of the past   The lonely ways, the lonely days   When every breath might be my last   I lost my heart, I lost my soul   By every hand betrayed   But I've still got strength, I've still got life   And that will never change      'Cause I'm alive, I'm alive   I'm alive, I'm alive      I'm alive [5x]