Smiling

"Smiling"

This is a life of extremes

Both sides are slippery and enticing

These are my places off the rails

And this, my loose recollection of a falling

I barely remember who I failed

I was just trying to keep it together

This is my first wave of my white flag

This is the sound of me hitting bottom

This my surrender, if that's what you call it

In the anatomy of my crash

And I keep on smiling

Keep on moving

Can't stand still

Me, the notorious bottom dweller

Me, the ceiling-less brave explorer

Lured to the ends of overwhelm

This is my first wave of the white flag

This is the sound of me hitting bottom

This my surrender, if that's what I call it

In the anatomy of my crash

And I keep on smiling

Keep on moving

Can't stand still

Such pretty forks in the road

On this continuum I've been bouncing

Life flashing promise before my eyes

This is my first wave of my white flag

This is the sound of me hitting bottom

This my surrender, if I can bare it

In the anatomy of my crash

And I keep on smiling

Keep on moving

Can't stand still

I'm 1 Less Day From Dying Young

I'm not afraid of getting older

I'm one less day from dying young

I see the light go past my shoulder

I'm one less day from dying young

I see my life like a train with a one-way track

I've made mistakes and I couldn't take 'em back

And I've been runnin' 'round in circles 

'til I'm dizzy, I can't lie

But every night I go to sleep's a day that I survive

I'm not afraid of getting older

I'm one less day from dying young

I see the light go past my shoulder

I'm one less day from dying young

And I've seen my friends fall away before their time

And I've been afraid that I may follow in their light

So I drink and love and whisper 

all the things I know are right

Someday, I will leave this world

but maybe not tonight

I'm not afraid of getting older

I'm one less day from dying young

I see the light go past my shoulder

I'm one less day from dying young

I'm one less day from dying young (yeah!)

All my life I have been wandering

Burning up my candle like my time just won't end

And I'll keep burning 'til there's nothing left

Praying that tomorrow I can do it all again

And if I get tomorrow, I will do it all again

I'm not afraid of getting older

I'm one less day from dying young

And I see the light go past my shoulder

I'm one less day from dying young

I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid) of getting older

I'm one less day (I'm one less day) from dying young

(from dying young)

I see the light (I see the light) go past my shoulder

I'm one less day (I'm one less day) from dying young

 (from dying young!)

I'm one less day (I'm one less day) from dying young 

(from dying young!)

Hey!

song by Rob Thomas

listen to it here               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSoq9FELF8