Will The Wise Meet The Brave Lyrics

When I was a lad running around the playground, I'd make time

To sink to the ground and listen, to be kind

Now I'm a man and forfeit all the pleasures of my time

To wondering if I'll ever wonder why

I had a flush and folded blind

Turned my back to those fields of life

Whose whispers reach my ears at night

And ask if it matters

Numbed by the lies I've told myself to leave my home and try

To reach past my strife of everything I'd ever need

Held to this oath, it lies in wait, beneath a tired game

To prove to these ghosts I'm only all they ever loved

And I ask them now to save my will

Clear my mind of the guilt I still hold untamed to reach and fill

If only to matter