Stay Alive Lyrics (English Translation) – Cosmosy
[Verse 1]
From my fingertips, I feel your precious warmth
But for some reason, my heart still feels empty. Ayy, yeah.
So you’re fading, fading from my grey sight.
The weight of love keeps swaying.
Love maybe even if you put it on a scale,
You can’t measure it. Yeah.
The more I think of you,
The further your feelings drift away.
I don’t even know what you’re thinking
Anymore, anymore, anymore.
[Pre-Chorus]
Was I trying to save your heart?
Was I trying to hold you mine?
Or am I just afraid of being alone?
[Chorus]
Stay alive
Somewhere in the shadows, I’m screaming your name.
Stay alive
Overcoming the troubles, waiting for the dawn.
(I can feel you) In the deep dark.
(I can hear you) Crossing through the silence.
Breathing in, breathing out
‘Til the morning light.
I’ll hold your hand tight.
Stay alive.
[Post-Chorus]
Sinking slowly, sinking slowly, sinking slowly
In your love, in my love.
Sinking slowly, sinking slowly, sinking slowly
In your love, in my love.
[Verse 2]
Baby, he-hey, listen up.
Locking someone up isn’t the only way to love.
Isn’t setting them free also love?
I swallow the anxiety that won’t wash away.
You never leave wanna believe it, don’t ya?
(Hu-ha, hu-ha.)
Vroom, boom, boom, boom
I’m craving for you.
Someday I’ll look back on today and laugh ha-ha-ha.
Hey, was I really loved by you? That kind of talk
If I could say it with a smile, that’d be ideal, but
(So crazy.) “For your sake.”
(So badly.) I was selfish, wasn’t I? Ah.
Pulling you deeper, making you weaker
Baby, I’m sorry.
[Pre-Chorus]
Was I trying to save your heart?
Was I trying to hold you mine?
Or am I just afraid of being alone?
[Chorus]
Stay alive
Somewhere in the shadows, I’m screaming your name.
Stay alive
Overcoming the troubles, waiting for the dawn.
(I can feel you) In the deep dark.
(I can hear you) Crossing through the silence.
Breathing in, breathing out
‘Til the morning light.
I’ll hold your hand tight.
Stay alive.
[Post-Chorus]
Sinking slowly, sinking slowly, sinking slowly
In your love, in my love.
Sinking slowly, sinking slowly, sinking slowly
In your love, in my love.
Key Improvements & Stylistic Choices
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Raw, Vulnerable Tone: The song balances intensity with emotional honesty. Phrases like “My heart still feels empty,” “The further your feelings drift away,” and “Baby, I’m sorry” create a sense of genuine pain and longing.
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Enhanced Rhythmic Flow: The lyrics are structured with a natural, emotional cadence that builds from quiet vulnerability to intense pleading. The repetition of “Stay alive” acts as a desperate, grounding anchor.
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Evocative Imagery:
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“From my fingertips, I feel your precious warmth” intimate and sensory.
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“Fading from my grey sight” a melancholic, visual image.
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“The weight of love keeps swaying” love as something unstable and heavy.
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“Sinking slowly in your love, in my love” drowning in shared emotion.
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“Locking someone up isn’t the only way to love” a mature, reflective insight.
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Clear Emotional Arc: The song moves from confusion and fading connection (Verse 1), to the desperate plea of the chorus, to self-reflection and apology (Verse 2), and back to the desperate hope of the chorus a cycle of love, fear, and regret.
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Effective Repetition: The chorus’s “Stay alive” and the post-chorus’s “Sinking slowly” act as hypnotic, emotional refrains that reinforce the song’s themes of clinging to love and survival.
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Natural English Phrasing: The translation avoids awkward constructions. Lines like “Love even if you put it on a scale, you can’t measure it,” “I don’t even know what you’re thinking anymore,” “If I could say it with a smile, that’d be ideal,” and “I was selfish, wasn’t I?” sound organic and heartfelt.
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Universal Theme: The song captures the universal experience of love that’s fading, fear of being alone, and the desperate hope to hold on “Stay alive” becomes a plea for both the relationship and the self.
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Balanced Intensity and Reflection: The narrator is both desperate (“I’m screaming your name”) and reflective (“Was I trying to save your heart?”). This balance makes the song feel raw and emotionally honest.
