Elton John - I'm Still Standing Lyrics

Elton John Lyrics

"I'm Still Standing"

You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

And did you think this fool could never win?
Well, look at me, I'm a-coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah

Once I never could've hoped to win
You're starting down the road leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now

You know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't you know that I'm still standing better than I ever did?
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
And I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm still standing. Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Thanks to Aubrey, Joseph, becca, Lilya for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Elton John, Bernard J.p. Taupin

Bernie Taupin wrote this song about an old girlfriend. He said later, "It's perhaps one more example of the original idea being interpreted by everyone into something quite different. I think people see it as an anthem based on Elton's strong sense of survival in the face of adversity. Which, believe me, is perfectly fine by me."

The music video of this song was the first MTV hit for Elton John. The video director Russell Mulcahy said it was "super, super gay". Mulcahy used many painted young men and a few women. Elton brought suitcases full of costumes to appear in different outfits during the video.

album: "Too Low For Zero" (1983)

Elton John - Too Low For Zero album cover

Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year)

I'm Still Standing

Too Low For Zero

Religion

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

Earn While You Learn

(Instrumental)

Dreamboat

The Retreat

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