Sing a song of joy, sweet childhood
sing a song of joy
Sing a song of joy, survival is my victory, i ll never let you get to me
Overcome with a sense of elation, telling tales of courage and resolution Never, overcome with a sense of elation
Overcome with a sense of elation, time for celebration
Survival is my victory, sweet childhood, time for celebration
and now the tides come in again
never desert me
and now the tides come in again
overcome with a sense of elation
Telling tales of courage and resolution, time for celebration
Telling tales of courage and resolution, we drank and smoked and talked until the dawn
Sweet childhood, i said sorry a thousand times, time for celebration
never desert me
I ll never let you get to me, we drank and smoked and talked until the dawn
Sweet childhood, time for celebration
survival is my victory
Time for celebration, time for celebration
Give me the courage to face another day, i ll never let you get to me
time for celebration
Ok, so I'm a youngster who's really getting into Killing Joke. And I swear, every time I expose my ears to a KJ song I've yet to here, I'm always blown away by the sheer quality and emotion in these songs. And this song is just another example of that. Oh my God! What a song! Hell, what a band!! This is top notch musical quality.
I just celebrated a milestone in May. 30 years of survival since my leukemia diagnosis way back in 1986. This was an inspiring song for me. Every birthday, I take this CD to the local radio station and ask the dj to play this song. I'll never let you get to me. Survival is my victory!
Sea of hurt, I feel the waves of pain
And now the tide's coming in again
I'm caught in vicious cycle of despair
Give me the courage to face another day
Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
I sat in silence, I was mourning
Said sorry a thousand times
I cried aloud to god for all my failings
But god seemed deaf as well as blind
Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
We drank and smoked and talked until the dawn
Shared our problems and our food
Telling tales of courage and resolution
Through all the hardships we've endured
Oh, sing a song of joy
Sweet childhood, never desert me
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
I'll never let you get to me
Survival is my victory
Time for celebration, oh
Overcome with a sense of elation
This song speaks on so many levels. The first verse I think of the death of my father, the ups and downs I go through every day.
The night he passed away, I sat with him alone from 8pm until 3am for my grandmother to fly in. I washed his hands so many times, saying how i was sorry. The last conversation we had I yelled at him and he ended it with "I will always love you."
On his birthday, (August 13th) My friends and I get together and drink, and talk about him. Remembering all the times we had, the smiles and sadness.I drink my self into oblivion. I'm getting better. I have to survive to make him proud. This song makes me cry every time I hear it, by tears of joy, tears of anger, tears of love. Miss you old timer.