In this world You've got to earn your stripes Wear your scars Like they were nature's design In this world You've got to earn your stripes Wear your scars Like a fashion, not a crime Wear em' out Wear em' proud You've got a name to protect And a world to leave your imprint in Don't dare live another day believing There's only one way to live it We've got our heart To keep us a beat We've got our eyes to deliver us from sleep We've got an agenda To keep us busy We've got some new hands to shake And new bones to break Don't dare live another day believing There's only one way to live it Don't breathe Thinking that it's only for the sake Of staying awake And I thought to myself How pretty is the fire of our failure? And I thought to myself How pretty is the fire of our failure? Don't dare live another day Believing there's only one way to live it Don't breathe Thinking that it's only for the sake Of staying awake