When you believe that the sky above you is way too high For you to even try That's when all of your dreams go wry And you sit there doin' nothin' but cry... That's when you fail...
When you believe the ocean's too deep for even your tears to drown That's when all your green faiths turn brown and all you can do is frown... That's when you are unworthy...
When you finally believe that the journey to the end of the world cannot be accomplished And you let all your chances go amiss That's when you let your future go lease And let sorrowful nature give you a kiss... That's when you are hopeless...
But amidst all your sorrows and sufferings and failures If you still stand up each time And let the life test you one more time That's when you reach beyond the sky That's when you touch the end of the bottomless ocean And that's exactly when you get past the earth's grasp...
Then you start a new life Full of hopes and full of dreams All the faiths again turned green That's when you rise to your full potential To be a man you'd never been...
This poem comes from a hopeless guy who one day believes to rise to his full potential, and *hopes* to see his true self, without any extrinsic help...