Still Alive (song)

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:''Not to be confused with [[Portal: Still Alive]], a port of the original game for the Xbox 360 with extra content.''
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"'''Still Alive'''" is the song that plays alongside the ending credits of [[Portal]]. {{spoiler text|It is played after the player "kills" [[GLaDOS]] and subsequently causes the destruction of the [[Aperture Science|Enrichment Center]]}}.

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== Lyrics ==
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This was a triumph. 
I'm making a note here: 
HUGE SUCCESS. 
It's hard to overstate 
My satisfaction. 
Aperture Science 
We do what we must 
Because we can. 
For the good of all of us. 
Except the ones who are dead. 
But there's no sense crying 
Over every mistake. 
You just keep on trying 
Till you run out of cake. 
And the Science gets done. 
And you make a neat gun. 
For the people who are 
Still alive. 
I'm not even angry. 
I'm being so sincere right now. 
Even though you broke my heart. 
And killed me. 
And tore me to pieces. 
And threw every piece into a fire. 
As they burned it hurt because 
I was so happy for you! 
Now these points of data 
Make a beautiful line. 
And we're out of beta. 
We're releasing on time. 
So I'm GLaD. I got burned. 
Think of all the things we learned 
For the people who are 
Still alive. 
Go ahead and leave me. 
I think I prefer to stay inside. 
Maybe you'll find someone else 
To help you. 
Maybe Black Mesa... 
THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE. 
Anyway this cake is great 
It's so delicious and moist 
Look at me still talking when there's Science to do 
When I look out there 
It makes me GLaD I'm not you 
I've experiments to run 
There is research to be done 
On the people who are 
Still alive. 
And believe me I am still alive 
I'm doing science and I'm still alive 
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive 
While you're dying I'll be still alive 
And when you're dead I will be still alive 
Still alive 
Still alive.
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== Connection to game/GLaDOS ==
* Still Alive - GLaDOS revealed to be alive at the end of the game.
* And you make a neat gun - The [[Handheld Portal Device]].
* Even though you broke my heart and killed me - {{spoiler|[[Chell]] presumably killing GLaDOS.}}
* [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] is a company competing against [[Aperture Science]] in the [[hl2:Half-Life|Half-Life]] universe.

== Trivia ==
* "''Still Alive''" was also used in [[Wikipedia:Left 4 Dead 2|Left 4 Dead 2]] as an easter egg on a jukebox that can be found in the campaigns "The Parish" and "The Passing".
* An instrumental version of "Still Alive" can be heard on some radios in Portal.

== Composition ==
"''Still Alive''" was written by Jonathan Coulton, who also wrote "''Want You Gone''", and was sung by Ellen McLain, [[Voice actor]] for [[GLaDOS]] and opera singer. {{spoiler text|She also sang "''[[Want You Gone]]''" during the end credits of [[Portal 2]]}}.

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Still Alive (song)