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{{Other uses|this=the song in the [[Portal soundtrack]]|Still Alive}} | |||
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''Still Alive'' is the song that plays alongside the ending credits of [[Portal]]{{spoiler text| after the player "kills" [[GLaDOS]] and subsequently causes the destruction of the [[Aperture Science|Enrichment Center]]}}. | |||
== Video == | |||
{{youtube|VuLktUzq23c|audio=yes}} | {{youtube|VuLktUzq23c|audio=yes}} | ||
== Track == | |||
{{Track|Still Alive}} | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
{{ | <code>{{Spoiler| | ||
This was a triumph. <br> | This was a triumph. <br> | ||
I'm making a note here: <br> | I'm making a note here: <br> | ||
huge success. <br><br> | |||
It's hard to overstate <br> | It's hard to overstate <br> | ||
My satisfaction. <br> | My satisfaction. <br><br> | ||
Aperture Science <br> | Aperture Science. <br> | ||
We do what we must <br> | We do what we must <br> | ||
Because we can. <br> | Because we can. <br> | ||
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I'm being so sincere right now. <br> | I'm being so sincere right now. <br> | ||
Even though you broke my heart. <br> | Even though you broke my heart. <br> | ||
And killed me. <br> | And killed me. <br><br> | ||
And tore me to pieces. <br> | And tore me to pieces. <br> | ||
And threw every piece into a fire. <br> | And threw every piece into a fire. <br> | ||
As they burned it hurt because <br> | As they burned it hurt because <br> | ||
I was so happy for you! <br> | I was so happy for you! <br><br> | ||
Now these points of data <br> | Now these points of data <br> | ||
Make a beautiful line. <br> | Make a beautiful line. <br> | ||
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To help you. <br> | To help you. <br> | ||
Maybe Black Mesa... <br> | Maybe Black Mesa... <br> | ||
THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE. <br> | THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE. <br><br> | ||
Anyway this cake is great <br> | Anyway this cake is great <br> | ||
It's so delicious and moist <br> | It's so delicious and moist <br><br> | ||
Look at me still talking when there's science to do <br> | Look at me still talking when there's science to do <br> | ||
When I look out there <br> | When I look out there <br> | ||
It makes me GLaD I'm not you <br> | It makes me GLaD I'm not you.<br><br> | ||
I've experiments to run <br> | I've experiments to run <br> | ||
There is research to be done <br> | There is research to be done <br> | ||
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Still alive <br> | Still alive <br> | ||
Still alive. | Still alive. | ||
}} | }}</code> | ||
== | == Connection to game == | ||
* " | === GLaDOS === | ||
* | * {{Spoiler|"Except the ones who are dead" - Peoples that are killed by GLaDOS via [[Neurotoxin]]}} | ||
* [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] is a company competing against [[Aperture Science]] in the [[hl2:Half-Life|Half-Life]] universe. | * {{Spoiler|"And you make a neat gun" - The [[Handheld Portal Device]].}} | ||
* {{Spoiler|"Still Alive" - GLaDOS revealed to be alive at the end of the game.}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"Even though you broke my heart and killed me" - [[Chell]] presumably killing GLaDOS.}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"And tore me to pieces" - Presumably Chell detaching GLaDOS' [[Cores#Personality Cores| Personality Cores]]}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"And threw every piece into a fire" - Chell dumping the personality cores into [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]]}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"Now these points of data make a beautiful line" - Information received from Chell's experiment created a graphical data that GLaDOS said it was "beautiful".}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"We're releasing on time" - the Portal series' release date was exact and on time, even showing snapshots of the game, rather than the Half Life series' {{Tooltip|terrifyingly late release date|Half Life: November 19, 1998. Half Life 2: November 16, 2004}}.}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"I think I prefer to stay inside" - GLaDOS is infrastructurally created to the [[Aperture Science|Enrichment Center]] and physically bolted to the [[Central AI Chamber]], so GLaDOS is unable to move other than the respective place. This is some kind of sarcasm.}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"Maybe Black Mesa... THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE" - [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] is a company competing against [[Aperture Science]] in the [[hl2:Half-Life|Half-Life]] universe. In Half-Life: Opposing Force Black Mesa was nuked}} | |||
* {{Spoiler|"It makes me GLaD I'm not you" - A very intended, bad word pun of ''GLaD''OS.}} | |||
== Composition == | == 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]]}}. | |||
== | == 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. | ||
* | * The words "HA HA" are not lyricized. | ||
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