Before I Lay Down for Slumber

Verse 1

I've got a thousand roads ahead,

A thousand things I wanna try,

A restless heart and stubborn head,

And way too many dreams to hide.

Maybe I'll wear a uniform,

Maybe I'll sing beneath the lights,

Maybe I'll save a little life,

Maybe I'll somehow do it all right.

Pre-Chorus

I don't know where these roads will lead,

But I know I wanna see

Just how far these dreams can take me,

Just how much I'm meant to be.

Chorus

One day.. I'll leave this world behind,

So I'll live a life I will remember!

I'll leave my mark in every mind,

Before I lay down for slumber.

Verse 2

I'll chase the moments worth the scars,

Learn from every wrong turn made,

Reach for dreams that seem too far,

And never let them fade away.

I wanna hear a crowd sing back,

Feel muddy paws beneath my hands,

Stand for something bigger than me,

And make my own damn plans.

Pre-Chorus

I don't need to know it all,

I just need the nerve to start.

Every dream becomes a chapter,

Every chapter leaves a mark.

Chorus

One day.. I'll leave this world behind,

So I'll live a life I will remember!

I'll leave my mark in every mind,

Before I lay down for slumber.

Bridge

And when the years have come and gone,

I hope I've got some stories left.

Stories of the nights I laughed,

And every challenge I accepted.

I won't measure life in money,

Or the things I got to keep.

I'll measure it by all the moments

That were mine to live and reap.

Final Chorus

One day.. I'll leave this world behind,

So I'll live a life I will remember!

I'll leave my mark in every mind,

Before I lay down for slumber.

Yeah, one day I'll close the book,

But let the pages speak forever.

I'll have lived the life I dreamed,

And I'll remember every letter.