What if I just didn't try

What if I'm just not cut out for the fray

Is it enough to be kind

And to stay out of the universe's way

What if I don't want to play a part

Keep a world apart

The world can't break my heart

If I just never start

What if the days passed me by

What if I just didn't try

What is it they say about interesting times

And how did I find myself in them

Saving my nickels and dimes

For the earth's final turn around the sun

You don't need to be an oracle

From times historical

To see we'll need a miracle

For this categorically horrible time

To be alive

Take a look at all the ways you're rearranging furniture

Tidying up the place so you can make your swift departure

Do you thwart your own dreams, do you hide in the shade

And make yourself as small as the womb in which you were made

Well maybe you're not alone

If you are lonely and fragile and afraid

The world needs those of your kind

So that kindness can live another day

And okay, maybe you can't save it all

But you don't have to do it all

And you can make the world feel small

If you let your love grow tall

And on the day that you die

You can say that you tried