Alive

I've had ghosts of my past

Come back to greet me

Big wide smiles in their eyes

I go blind looking back

Pray they can't see me

Pray they'll let me be

'Cause I can't

Outrun, outsmart, outlive myself

Outrun, outsmart my shadow

I wish I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of old man time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burned alive

I wish I could have known

The way fate would use me

Took my life in her hands

The things she'd do to me

Yet I'd never complain

I'd always go through it

The pains a part of the play

'Cause I can't

Outrun, outsmart, outlive myself

Outrun, outsmart my shadow

I wish I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of old man time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burned alive

No wrong turns, no regrets

No lessons learned, this is all that we get

Yeah that's just how it goes

The good and bad it takes its toll before we get old

I wish I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of old man time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burned alive