Rather Try and Fail

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

My daddy built fences on flatland

He said son don't you climb past the wire

I stared at the treeline for hours

Wondering what a man could acquire

If he quit drawing lines in the dirt

Pre-Chorus

So I packed a bag and I burned the map

Told the county goodbye

If the road runs out I'll walk the rest

I'd rather lose than never have tried

Chorus

The sky is not the limit

My mind is what holds me down

The sky is not the ceiling

It's just a shape I drew in the clouds

I would rather try and fail

Than fail to try at all

So I'm tearing down the walls

Post-Chorus

Higher higher higher

Climb it climb it climb it

Higher higher higher

Verse 2

Mama worried I'd wander too far

She prayed I'd come home with my pride

But a man who never leaves the porch

Never knows what's waiting outside

I'd rather break than stay unbroken

Pre-Chorus

Every scar is a story I earned

Every stumble a lesson I keep

If I never leap I'll never learn

What a soul can do when it's freed

Chorus

The sky is not the limit

My mind is what holds me down

The sky is not the ceiling

It's just a shape I drew in the clouds

I would rather try and fail

Than fail to try at all

So I'm tearing down the walls

Post-Chorus

Higher higher higher

Climb it climb it climb it

Higher higher higher

Bridge

Some men measure worth in safety

Some men measure life in years

I measure mine in the moments

I stood up against my fears

Chorus

The sky is not the limit

My mind is what holds me down

The sky is not the ceiling

It's just a shape I drew in the clouds

I would rather try and fail

Than fail to try at all

So I'm tearing down the walls

Post-Chorus

Higher higher higher

Climb it climb it climb it

Higher higher higher