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Cheating Death Lyrics by Tom Chaplin

The Wave

2016

[Verse 1]
Quick to burn
But slow to learn
With every breath
Cheating death
Life's a stone
You've got to keep warm
'Cause with every breath
You're cheating death

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Breathe in, breathe out
Never look down
At that empty lake
That pit of snakes
That dream from which no one awakes

[Verse 2]
Times are tough
([?])
The water's rife
(Washed out to sea)
At best you'll be
(Hold on to me)
Cast out to sea
Wind, don't fail
([?])
Let it bend your self
([?])
Let the natural force
(Hold on to me)
Blow you to safer shores

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I never think of
Blinking, blink out of
This universe
The stars will burst
There's no reverse
This life's a curse

[Chorus]
Just keep believing
Till your dying day
Don't let the night
And keep light in your way
You've got the strength to go on
Search in yourself and be strong
Search in yourself and be strong

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
So, just keep believing
Till your dying day
Don't let the night
And keep light in your way
You've got the strength to go on
Search in yourself and be strong

[Outro]
Keep on searching on
Keep on searching on
Keep on searching on
Keep on searching on
Search in yourself and be strong

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"Cheating Death" is credited to Tom Chaplin. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Cheating Death" appears on "The Wave" in 2016.

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