The Starting Line

by Hemingway

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Sleeping in another state / I’m wide awake / It’s half past sometime / I can’t see any sign of slowing down / I just can’t shake these waking dreams / Of never living up to be / Everything I promised that I could

I don’t know how to expect / All of this to work out in the end / It’s not just you I’m scared of letting down / I feel I’m on the edge of something / But I’m still waiting on the mark for the gun to sound / Sometimes I wonder if it ever will / Sometimes I wonder if it ever will

I know we only get one chance / To make our lives worth something bigger than / The cost it took to get us there / My eyes are set and my heart is sure / I’m not asking for a place I didn’t earn / I just want to leave the starting line

I heard the path to greatness lies / In blood, sweat, tears, and countless nights / But how many ‘til you miss the point? / I don’t want to spend my life / Just waiting on the chance to come alive / But will I ever feel like I’ve arrived

I know we only get one chance / To make our lives worth something bigger than / The cost it took to get us there / My eyes are set and my heart is sure / I’m not asking for a place I didn’t earn / I just want to leave the starting line

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released February 4, 2015

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