[Sample]

We were just kids playin' in the rain

When you threw a stone

And you broke a window pane

You were so afraid for what you'd done

That I held your hand, little one

And I wouldn't let you run

[Verse 1]

So let me explain exactly why I haven't let you go

First and foremost, it would have looked unprofessional

I told myself that I would make you top priority

Meaning that protection was the main objective, that was sworn to me

I know that you can stand upon your own feet

But sometimes it helps to not live life afraid and lonely

Each day that passes helps crеate another memory

And еvery December I think of you and what you did for me

It doesn't fall into categories of suffering

But more into the lines of teaching me about discovery

The boundaries have been dilapidated naturally

Which led me to the center of a developing catastrophe

I did this for you and that's it

You're a proven stubborn, this is why you can't quit

The road that you travel is your personal endeavor

So let's attack destiny and walk this road together

[Chorus]

Your life is your life and you live it on your own terms

Kicking over obstacles and screaming till your throat burns

It doesn't matter whom or what attempts to break your stride

You're stronger than the world, smart enough to stay alive

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[Sample]

You were so afraid for what you'd done

That I held your hand, little one

And I wouldn't let you run

[Verse 2]

Now let me explain that it was not supposed to end in a faulty fashion

How could you ever make amends with a man that was holding back from never moving on

To a better life away from all the things that made this song

And if I knew then, would I have cleared from my confusion

I would put that decision with my new year's resolutions

Never to be seen again or brought to context

In discussion with what we became and we accomplished

The fine line hath been printed on my skeleton

Promising to never make you take that trip to hell again

I read the Art of War and took the crash course

Ripped out the articles and renewed the passport

I was the driver, you were the passenger

You were professional, I was an amateur

I took the shortcut, you used your instincts

And never let the anguish penetrate you skin deep

[Chorus]

Your life is your life and you live it on your own terms

Kicking over obstacles and screaming till your throat burns

It doesn't matter who, no, what attempts to break your stride

You're stronger than the world, smart enough to stay alive

X2

[Sample]

Now you're all grown up and you're running wild

And they are so surprised, cause all alone you seem like such a sweet child

[Verse 3]

There's nothing left to explain, I know I fucked up, period

And now I'm back at square one, the bottom of the pyramid

There are no ladders, there is no elevator

I'm walking awkwardly upon a broken escalator

I need a lifeline, a better yet a helping hand

Living in denial and disgusted in myself again

Writing letters to an unresponsive reader

Forgetting how to follow and becoming her own teacher

This never seems to want to reach its destination

Pondering a day that it may see some restoration

Complaints and constraints of words, thoughts and intercourse

Love hates when one waits to pinpoint the troubled source

It's no surprise that we will not rekindle thoughts

Of discovering a new land, our own Plymouth Rock

I did this to us and that's that

I accepted defeat and you retained the last laugh

[Chorus]

My life is my life and I live it on my own terms

Kicking over obstacles and screaming till my throat burns

It doesn't matter who or what attempts to break my stride

I'm stronger than the world, smart enough to stay alive

X2