I may have learned, to go through time
Through word and song, a given rhyme
I may have have traveled to well known lands
To find myself as a growing young man
"You are so nice, but here's some advice"
I'd tell the younger me, telling what life would be
You'll never know when to say goodbye
Even when they've given every reason why
You will have years where you're beaten and weak
And anger at the loss of answers you seek
And hey now you'll never know how to let go
Even when they're gone and away, you never know
That she's not coming back, no shes not coming back
"Life will leave you on the cold hard ground,
Life will leave you with no one left around"
And you'll fool yourself to see
If it really was meant to be
You life will be one big mess
Tears from the weight of stress
But the me I no longer was just laughed and shook his head
And said words I knew I would say, filling with dread
"To try it once, to try it all," he would say with the glint in his eye
"To look back at 100 failures rather than nothing when I die,"
I sighed and clutched my face
How could I ever explain?
You'll never know when to say goodbye
Even when they've given every reason why
You will have years where you're beaten and weak
And anger at the loss of answers you seek
And hey now you'll never know how to let go
Even when they're gone and away, you never know
That she's not coming back, no shes not coming back
"Life will leave you on the cold hard ground,
Life will leave you with no one left around"
That my own hope, is what broke
Reaching out to those who left me behind
Fixing those, time after time
But the younger me continued on
Eager to sing his lifes song
He had not lost the love of green
The adoration of fields and scenes
He still held onto the yearn for adventure and love
My spirit stirred at the memory of flame within
"Please listen to me before I go,
I need you to know-
That she's not coming back, no shes not coming back
Life will leave you on the cold hard ground,
Life will leave you with no one left around"
And you'll fool yourself to see
If it really was meant to be
You life will be one big mess
Breaking from the weight of stress
Yet I could see even as I turned away
He gave no thought to my words that day
And in this lesson that he lacked
One day he'd be me and have to go back