i dont know if my internet skills fail completely, but i cant find a place to buy the song "still alive" from the game "portal" off the orange box.
if anyone could point me in the right direction id be much grateful!
ill be able to sing along to it on april 17th on rock band, but i really want it as an mp3 to take on road trips.

You can download from a link on Jonathan Coulton's page:
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/10/15/portal-the-skinny/

It was offered at a free download at some point (according to Wikipedia) -- but, if you feel bad about downloading it for free, I THINK it's available through iTunes, but for some reason, my computer won't let me install iTunes to double-check.

Here you go: http://www.xbox.com/

Do you know what XBox Live Marketplace is?

nope i dont know what xbox live marketplace is. im a die hard sony fan.
ill check itunes. do you need an ipod to use it? or can i download it and burn it to a cd?
i just want the mp3 to put on cds, not the game version, which we can get on the 17th. (hopefully it doesnt get pushed back)

No you don't need an iPod to use ITunes.

Here's Xbox Marketplace. I'm not sure where it is there, but it sounds like you'd be able to download it with no problem. Maybe you'll have to register with the site first to get that option.