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  i told them all the ones i love

  i'm leaving and i may not return

  see lately i've been overcome

  the feeling i fear has just begun

  the pain i feel deep inside

  that haunts us all that we will die

  never really knowing how it feels

  to be alive

  through mountains and over seas

  through misery and disease

  a spectator i played my part

  but nothing could move this heart

  until i held the boy's hand

  the little one spoke like a man

  he showed me death and said

  this is how you know you're alive

  alive

  a kingfisher in flight

  you'll rise above this sea of doubts

  into a world full of clouds - yah

(repeat 4 times)

  alive

  alive

alive