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Stronger
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Soundtrack
Stronger was released on August 27, 2013 by Ghostlight Records as a part of the album Hands On a Hardbody (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Release DateAugust 27, 2013
LabelGhostlight Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM75

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Larsen
David Larsen
Vocals
Hands On A Hardbody (Original Broadway Cast)
Hands On A Hardbody (Original Broadway Cast)
Vocals
Hands on a Hardbody Ensemble
Hands on a Hardbody Ensemble
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Amanda Green
Amanda Green
Composer
Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio
Composer

Lyrics

I was cutting up, acting like a fool
The day those two recruiters showed up at our school
And I swore he was looking right at me
When he told me I could be all I could be
I was a baby, newly married
With a baby that she carried
And I was lost, looking for my way
And he asked me if I loved the USA
God, I hoped they'd take me
'Cause he swore they'd make me stronger
Than that coward I kept hid
Stronger
Turn that ninety-eight pound kid
Into a strongman
And by God they did
I wish I'd held my wife a little longer
But it only made me stronger
It only made me stronger
Now I've marched 'til I was blind through desert sands
Slept in mud, someone's blood upon my hands
Swept through minefields, stayed up fighting four nights straight
Helped a woman, seen her look at me with hate
Once I saw a young girl dying
Father holding her and crying
He begged me please to help, what could I do?
She was dead, and if I stayed I'd be dead too
I've seen things past all knowing
And yet I kept on growing stronger
Than I was the day before
Stronger
Like you have to be in war
I know what the future holds in store
And I don't fear it any longer
Hell, it only makes me stronger
Standing here beside this truck, I know just how to be
All my training's coming back so quick and easily
I never felt more sure, I never felt more free
It's just every other part of life that's baffling to me
Stronger
I just tell myself I can
Stronger
Provide a husband, father, man
But somewhere I lost track of the plan
I don't really have one any longer
All I need to be is
Stronger, stronger, stronger
Holding down a nine-to-five
Stronger, stronger
More than half alive
How come
I'm the one got to survive
When I don't feel like living any longer?
I don't feel like living any longer
I don't feel like living any longer
And I really should be
Ooh
No, I thought I would be
Ooh
God, I wish I could be
Ooh
If you're not gonna take me
Then, oh God, won't you make me
Stronger
Written by: Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio
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