My Best Lyrics

I've done my 10, 000 hours playing songs that were not mine

While all the ones that I write rarely seem to get stage time

Driven thousands of miles to play shows for no one

Now the thing that i love is a job that I don't want

So I've come today to wrestle with what I thought was supposed to be the place where I belong

Ive done my best to be the best that I can

Still where I stand is quite a ways from where I planned

all that I know is that I don't know when to give up

Thought I gave it all but maybe my best isn't my best after all

I know paying your dues is a part of the process

I've just seen a few people get in paying way less

Watched talented friends give up on their gifts

Been starting to wonder if Im gonna be next

So I've come today to question these dead ends that were supposed to be the answers all along

Ive done my best to be the best that I can

Still where I stand is quite a ways from where I planned

all that I know is that I don't know when to give up

Thought I gave it all but maybe my best isn't my best after all

Swear I've given all I have to these 4 chords

written thousands of lines using millions of words

got hundreds of songs that'll never get heard

What more do I have left to offer

Ive done my best to be the best that I can

Still where I stand is quite a ways from where I planned

all that I know is that I don't know when to give up

Thought I gave it all but maybe my best isn't my best after all