i ve seen everything a man could see i ve seen the strong survive i ve seen a young boy crying for food i ve seen an old man die i ve seen the system fall apart from the rules and all our presidents lie i ve seen the needle and the damage it s done the wreckage left behind my soul survives forever doing time on a dead end street my soul survives blood like wine running down to my feet yeah yeah yeah i ve seen the broken dreams and broken hearts i ve seen the strong be cruel i ve seen a man driven by success and break the golden rules i ve seen em execute a man for love blood running cold in the street i ve seen the wars and the heartache it s done god bless our soul to keep my soul survives forever doing time on a dead end street my soul survives blood like wine running down to my feet my soul survives forever my soul survives pick yourself up off your hands and knees i get so pissed off it makes me wanna scream yeah yeah ooh ooh yeah no no no i ve seen the gunshot heard around the world i ve seen a young child crawling and fondle the earth i ve seen everything a man could see i ve seen heaven hell it makes no difference to me yeah my soul survives forever doing time on a dead end street my soul survives blood like wine running down to my feet my soul survives forever my soul survives pick yourself up off your hands and knees yeah yeah yeah bless my soul my soul survives whoa no yeah c mon boys yeah 