[Verse 1]

Your life is not a story

With one cohesive plot

Most of it is boring

Except for when it's not

You don't have to be remarkable

You're more than a device

For other people's entertainment

You don't owe them all your life

[Verse 2]

Your life is not a testimony

Shared upon a stage

Your story isn't paperback

With pictures on each page

You are far more complex

Than beginning, middle, end

Before the plot is over

A new one will begin

[Verse 3]

Your life is no commodity

It can't be bought or sold

And everything will still be changing

Even when you're old

What you're doing now

You'll live again in fifty years

You'll think more fondly of the time you spent

Outside of your career

[Verse 4]

You're not the main character

Of anybody's life

All anyone is doing

Is trying to get it right

You don't have to rush on through it

You have enough time

For now, you can just focus on

Breathing through the night