Becoming Alive
I left a piece of me behind,
Somewhere on the road through time.
Every door I had to close,
Took a part nobody knows.
I traded comfort for the climb,
Put my future on the line.
Every chance I couldn't take,
Every promise I might break.
I watched the seasons disappear,
Turned my courage into fear.
Built a kingdom in my head,
While the world was fast asleep in bed.
Tell me what a dream is worth,
When it takes you from the earth.
When the things you used to know,
Become the things you had to let go.
That's the price of becoming,
When the road keeps running.
Every heartbeat, every scar,
Every mile to who you are.
That's the price of believing,
When your whole world keeps leaving.
If I lose what I once knew,
Will I find somebody new?
I see the faces from before,
People I don't see no more.
Some moved on, some stayed behind,
Some are echoes in my mind.
I chased a life I couldn't see,
Wondered who I'd have to be.
And every time I gained some ground,
Another piece came crashing down.
Tell me what a dream is worth,
When you're fighting for rebirth.
When the person in the glass,
Is a stranger from your past.
That's the price of becoming,
When the road keeps running.
Every heartbeat, every scar,
Every mile to who you are.
That's the price of believing,
When your whole world keeps leaving.
If I lose what I once knew,
Will I find somebody new?
What if I reach the other side,
And there's nothing left to hide?
What if everything I chased,
Was a feeling I replaced?
Would the younger me be proud,
Of the man I am right now?
Would he recognize these eyes,
Or the fire I keep inside?
I won't erase the road I've known,
Every broken piece I've grown.
I can change and still remain,
More than all the years of pain!
That's the price of becoming,
Hear the new world coming!
Every heartbeat, every scar,
Made me stronger than before.
That's the price of believing,
Even when my heart was grieving.
I don't have to lose my past,
To become myself at last!
All the roads I had to roam,
Led me somewhere I call home.
I was never disappearing,
I was becoming all these years.