half a mind Lyrics

Everyone who's loved has lost

And everyone who lives knows the cost

We temporarily rent out a vessel

To carry us through contemporary plights

Scheduling our day to day struggle

Constantly moving up and down

And round and round

Until we're too dizzy

To keep our little heads screwed on right

I know you've been exactly where I'm standing

At this moment

Holding on to something

Focused on the past

Fretting about the future

Searching for a path that properly suits you

Who's to say what's right and wrong?

Who's to blame when lights have gone out?

And this house doesn't feel like home

And you've outgrown

All you've ever known

All you ever wanted, gone in a flash

Changing with the tide, never coming back

You used to follow the current

But currently it's getting harder to keep afloat

Treading water every damn day

Treading lightly every damn way imaginable

It hasn't been a pleasant ride

In such a very long time

If the dead are grateful

Then what does that make the living?

Living in a glass bowl that is half full

Or is it half empty?

With half a mind to turn and run

And end it all before it's done

I stare at my reflection and reflect

On what it means to be a human being

No one stays happy forever

Whether the weather gets better or worse

Sometimes a rainy day can take the pain away

And clear skies aren't always a blessing

I hope you find all that you seek

And that your fears never prevail

Cuz caution won't put a nail in the coffin

But often it will leave a life incomplete

I hope you live and you learn

And burn with desire

Never let the fire die

Cuz the greatest thing in this life

Are the ones that are worth the fight

The ones that make you feel

No matter the emotion

As long as it's real

As long as it reminds you

That you are more than a collection of cells

Floating from cell to cell

In your own private hell

Where tryna sell yourself short is so commonplace

That you don't know much else

And it's become so unhealthy

Drinking just to quiet the voices

Smoking til your throat's left voiceless

Wishing that you made different choices

And learning that regrets are pointless

If the dead are grateful

Then what does that make the living?

Living in a glass bowl that is half full

Or is it half empty?

With half a mind to turn and run

I end this all before it comes

And stare at my reflection and reflect

On what it means to be a human being