"it's the only one you've got"

how do you know where you're going,

when you don't know where you've been?

you hide the shame that you're not showing

and you won't let anyone in..

a crowded street can be a quiet place,

when you're walking alone..

and now you think that you're the only

one who doesn't

have to try

and you won't have to fail..

if you're afraid to fly,

then i guess you never will !

you hide behind your walls

of maybe nevers,

forgetting that there's something more,

than just knowing better..

your mistakes do not define you now,

they tell you who you're not..

you've got to live this life you're given,

like it's the only one you've got !

memories have left you broken

and the scars have never healed..

the emptiness in you is growing,

but so little left to fill !

you're scared to look back on the days before,

you're too tired to move on..

and now you think that you're the only one who doesn't

have to try

and you won't have to fail..

if you're afraid to fly,

then i guess you never will !

you hide behind your walls

of maybe nevers,

forgetting that there's something more

than just knowing better..

your mistakes do not define you now,

they tell you who you're not..

you've got to live this life you're given,

like it's the only one you've got !

what would it take

to get you to say that i'll try?

and what would you say if

this was the last day of your life?

you hide behind your walls,

of maybe nevers..

forgetting that there's something more,

than just knowing better..

your mistakes do not define you now,

they tell you who you're not !

you've got to live this life you're given,

like it's the only one you've got !