[Grammar] third person S termination

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alexTM

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I´ve listened to a song, which says: "everything that bringS me makeS me feel alive"...
i understand why the verb to bring ends-up with an S, but, in the same sentence, without another third person involved (besides everything), to make is ended-up with an S too. thank you!! :-D
 

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The lyrics are "Everything that kills me makes me feel alive" (if it's the song by One Republic that I'm listening to right now).

Everything [that kills me] makes me feel alive.

"Everything" takes the third-person singular.
 
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that´s the song, but i´ve never heard of a sentence with 2 "s" termination, with only one 3rd person involved (in this case "everything").
 

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What goes around comes around.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Everything that is scaring you is in your imagination.

The first part is really the subject of the entire sentence.
 
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