Hands Wide Open

I spent half my life saying,

'When I finally get there...' Funny.

Nobody tells you 'there'

keeps moving.

Got some money, watched it leave,

Got some people, watched them change,

Got everything I swore I needed— Still woke up feeling the same.

Maybe holding on

was always the mistake.

New keys, new doors,

new numbers in the phone,

More people saying 'brother,' fewer people I know.

Used to want attention,

now attention wants me,

Funny how the prize ain't exactly what you see.

Money comes quick, money learns how to run,

Love shows up, sometimes love gets done.

Momentum feels permanent right up till it stops— So I quit building

temples out of shit that I got.

Let it go.

EASY COMES, EASY GOES,

I STOPPED ASKING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO HOLD.

If it's here right now,

then right now's enough,

I don't need forever just to call it love.

Hands wide open, let the whole thing roll— EASY COMES,

EASY GOES. (NOTHING STAYS!) I know.

(NOTHING STAYS!)

That's the point.

Had a plan, lost the plan,

somehow still arrived, Lost a friend,

found myself, weird fucking trade in life.

Bought some things I thought would make the old me proud,

Old me probably would've sold 'em all by now.

Everybody wants forever stamped across the box,

Forever's just a word until somebody changes locks.

So if tonight is good,

I ain't asking it to stay,

I'm turning up the music while it's walking away.

(Nothing

stays mine...) My money isn't mine.

My time isn't mine.

People aren't mine.

Even this version of me—

he's leaving too.

(ahhhh) Good.

Then take the pictures!

(LET 'EM FADE!) Spend the money!

(MAKE SOME MORE!) Love somebody!

(WHILE THEY'RE HERE!) Open every fucking door!

If everything I love eventually moves on,

That doesn't make it meaningless— IT MEANS

I BETTER LIVE BEFORE IT'S GONE!

EASY COMES, EASY GOES!

(LET IT GO!) I STOPPED ASKING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO HOLD!

(LET IT GO!) I've had enough,

I've lost enough, I've learned enough to know— You don't have to

own a thing TO LOVE IT WHILE IT GOES!

(NOTHING STAYS!) Beautiful. (NOTHING STAYS!) Neither do I.