Ups and Downs

A single possible future

A plan of attack

But then calamity strikes all of sudden

And your stopped in your tracks

A path from the present

Diverged from itself

A split that grows ever farther apart

And can never be helped

I look upon the person I am

The person I would have been

The person I'll never be

And if I'm alright

I can come back to life

I was on the path when the path was pulled from beneath my feet

I can bide my time

And take what's mine

When the present's ripped away, then the future's all you need

An impossible past

Broken and blurred

I can't mourn for memory

Of something that never occurred

I don't want to get bitter

Or live my life like a cynic

Stuck inside cold and resigned

Just counting the minutes

I'm not afraid to be wrong

I'm just afraid to never have tried

Never done it right

And if I'm alright

I'll come back to life

I was on the path when the path was pulled from beneath my feet

I can bide my time

And take what's mine

When the present's ripped away, then the future's all we need