Borrowed Lives

INTRO

We count the hours, lose the days,

Then curse the ones who walk away.

The sky keeps turning, seasons change,

So why do we leave each other pain?

VERSE ONE

We turn a word into a wall,

Build our defenses, watch them fall.

We keep a score of who was wrong,

And lose the time we had all along.

We save our pride, we spend our years,

Hide what we feel behind our fears.

And when the silence takes its place,

We'd give the world to hear one phrase.

PRE-CHORUS

If every road must end somewhere,

If every face becomes a prayer,

A fading picture, a distant name,

Why leave each other scars and blame?

CHORUS

Why do we fight? Why do we blame?

Why leave a wound that outlives the pain?

We're only passing beneath these skies,

With borrowed days and borrowed lives.

Why close a door? Why turn away?

Why waste the love we had today?

The world won't stop, the years won't wait,

So why let anger seal our fate?

DROP

Oh-oh, we're running out of time,

Oh-oh, your heartbeat next to mine.

We came with nothing, leave the same,

So why are we leaving scars and blame?

Oh-oh, before we disappear,

Say what matters while we're here.

The world moves on, the stars still shine,

So why waste yours and why waste mine?

VERSE TWO

One day the names we call tonight

Will drift like dust beyond our sight.

The chairs we filled, the roads we knew,

Will hold the ghosts of me and you.

And all the things we couldn't say

Will mean so much too late someday.

No final prize for winning fights,

No gold for being wrong or right.

PRE-CHORUS

If all we own is borrowed breath,

If every goodbye walks with death,

Then let the truth be plain and clear:

Be kind to those who still are here.

CHORUS

Why do we fight? Why do we blame?

Why leave a wound that outlives the pain?

We're only passing beneath these skies,

With borrowed days and borrowed lives.

Why close a door? Why turn away?

Why waste the love we had today?

The world won't stop, the years won't wait,

So why let anger seal our fate?

BRIDGE

Maybe we're scared of being small,

So we build our pride ten feet tall.

But time can humble every name,

And leave no witness to our shame.

No one remembers who won the war,

When both hearts bleed behind the door.

If we must leave this world someday,

Why not leave a little light our way?

FINAL CHORUS

Why do we fight? Why do we blame?

When nothing here will stay the same?

We're passing shadows beneath the skies,

With fragile hearts and borrowed lives.

Reach out your hand before it's late,

Let love speak first, let go of hate.

The world moves on, the years take flight,

So why do we waste the light?