Hope It Never Ends

Songs in the daylight, playing in my head
Kinda like the A-side, hope it never ends, yeah
Feel it in the bassline, playing in the bands
Kinda like the A-side, hope it never ends

I never thought that life could get like this, nah
But I'm still hoping it don't end like this
Still feeling like there's ways to go, which is crazy
Because just a few days ago, I found an old leather-bound book
With a paper note, handwritten
2023 I made some goals, a big checklist
I wasn't aimin' low, little did I know
Fast forward three years, and I'm here checking every single box
Didn't take it slow
I remember when they said I'd never make it, so
I put my head down, they were going out, but I still stayed at home
Killing everybody off like their favorite show, talking Game of Thrones
Whoa, destined for distance, I was eight years old
'Cause I remember back in drama class
Billy goats gruff, everybody wanna play the Troll
I said, "It's fine, I guess I'll play the goat"
"Life imitates art", that's my favorite quote
Didn't wanna take the road, so I paved my own
Paying forward by myself, yeah, I take a toll
But I had to take control just to break the mold
Challenge in the status quo, whoa, yeah

Songs in the daylight, playing in my head
Kinda like the A-side, yeah, hope it never ends
Feel it in the bassline, playing in the bands, yeah
Kinda like the A-side, hope it never ends

Staring at this old checklist, wondering what's next
I remember when I wrote this, I was hoping that these things would bring me success
I mean, technically it did, so why am I still here unfulfilled, thinking "What's next?"?
I thought the stress would be much less
I thought I'd rest and be up less
Less sunrise and more sunsets, shouldn't I be happy knowing that my own sun set?
Will a certain income even change the outcome?
If I take a second, am I getting outrun?
Did I mute the issues, or did I turn the sound up?
'Cause it keep getting louder, yeah, it keep getting louder
Locked inside a bathroom in Miami before the show on a brink of tears
Telling me that you leavin' 'cause love just isn't here
All of a sudden, everything becoming crystal clear
Choosing this career over you? Not in a million years
It won't interfere, that's your biggest inner fear
Talked it out, shifting gears, fear started to disappear
Kept my head down tryna go the distance
But I don't wanna look up when it's over and I missed it, dang

Songs in the daylight, playing in my head
Kinda like the A-side, hope it never ends
Feel it in the bassline, playing in the bands
Kinda like the A-side, hope it never ends

I flipped the checklist over, it's all a blank page
A new start, a clean sheet, a blank slate
If I could mail this to my younger self, what would I say?
Thought about it for a second, put my pen to the page
I said, "Hey kid, look, spoiler alert, you really made it
But I would think twice on the direction that you aimin'
'Cause what is tunnel vision when the view is so amazing?
Life is not all about getting all that you can fast
Matthew said it, the first is always dead last
I think it's all about the thing that we spend but never get back"
Yeah, it's about time