Hourglass Lyrics

With a stranger in New Orleans

Said the river makes him see how small he is

I felt the water with my hand

I said I see how big I am

My world was so small

I the center of it all

Growing older

I changed to see a wider view

That there's so much more than me

And all of you

I measured myself

By how I helped everyone

Darkness covered all

And I thought I was the sun

I am not everywhere

I am just here

My pride is measured on people I'm near

There is no legacy

There's just a few years

We only live so long

I still fight the message

That lifted me from childhood

That I am here to save

Everyone I could

That it's not good enough

To be the one you love

Had to rise above

Learn to stop looking up

When the earth fell ill

I ran out of will

I stood

I stood up for myself

I deserve my own health

I am worth so much more

Than I knew

I ignored all the clues I was lost

Running out the clock

The closest to me

Are the ones I believe

My friends when I was young

Showed me how to have fun

I thought it was a waste

But it's all that is sacred

All that I need now

To prove that I can keep vows

Is people who love me

The world is people who love me

I am not everywhere

I am just here

My pride is measured on people I'm near

There is no legacy

There's just a few years

We only live so long

We only live so long

We only live so long

We only live so long

The world is people who love me