What Are You Waiting for

You are standing in the doorway Cannot decide Whether you should go in or out Behind your back There is your old life While the new and unknown Is expecting you outside What are you waiting for What is holding you back All your life You have been in there Carried by decisions Made by other people You look around And see all those cute flowers Growing in their pots Exactly as their gardener wants them to All your life You have been waiting there See where it has got you What are you waiting for What is holding you back Have you tried To step over the doorstep Have you ever tried To do something uncomfortable Why is it so hard to try Just try it for the first time And we'll see What are you waiting for What is holding you back Outside the plants and trees Don't grow easily And you put effort in then And even then They will possibly die though But there is always someone Who can help you And if you try Then you will see The plants and trees grow even bigger And bigger And bigger And bigger Than they had ever been inside What are you waiting for Let me hold your back No one is waiting for you Why would you do