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The lyrics express gratitude for someone who has helped the speaker feel able to keep going. The speaker imagines needing only a day in another personโs life to understand their struggle. Although survival can involve a fight, that person has taught the speaker that they, too, can endure. Repeating โwe are the lucky onesโ turns this gratitude into a shared, hopeful feeling.
โFighting just to surviveโ presents hardship as a struggle, while โyou taught me I canโ suggests that encouragement has given the speaker confidence. The phrase โthe lucky onesโ may mean people fortunate to have support or to have found strength together, rather than people whose lives are free of problems. The repeated โwe areโ emphasizes belonging and shared identity.
The lyrics leave much unsaid: we do not learn what the other person has faced, or exactly what makes the pair lucky. The speaker may be expressing admiration, love, or deep friendship; the words do not settle which. The repeated lines make the message feel more like an affirmation than a detailed story: even while life is difficult, connection can help people believe they can carry on.