It's the Only One You've Got

How do you know where you're going

When you don't know where you've been?

You hide the shame that you're not showin'

And you won't let anyone in

A crowded street can be a quiet place

When you're walkin' alone

And now you think that you're the only one

Who doesn't have to try

And you won't have to fail

If you're afraid to fly

Then I guess you never will

You hide behind your walls

Of maybe nevers

Forgetting that there's something more

Than just knowing better

Your mistakes do not define you now

They tell you who you're not

You've got to live this life you're given

Like it's the only one you've got

The memories have left you broken

And the scars have never healed

The emptiness in you is growing

With so little left to feel

You're scared to look back on the days before

You're too tired to move on

And now you think that you're the only one

Who doesn't have to try

And you won't have to fail

If you're afraid to fly

Then I guess you never will

You hide behind your walls

Of maybe nevers

Forgetting that there's something more

Than just knowing better

Your mistakes do not define you now

They tell you who you're not

You've got to live this life you're given

Like it's the only one you've got

What would it take, oh

To get you to say that I'll try?

And what would you say if this

Was the last day of your life?

You hide behind your walls

Of maybe nevers

Forgetting that there's something more

Than just knowing better

Your mistakes do not define you now

They tell you who you're not

You've got to live this life you're given

Like it's the only one you've got

You hide behind your walls

Of maybe nevers

Forgetting that there's something more

Than just knowing better

Your mistakes do not define you now

They tell you who you're not

You've got to live this life you're given

Like it's the only one you've got