"Tick the Box"

Verse 1

Checked a blank page this morning

A hundred little boxes waiting on me

Number one said climb a mountain

Number two said swim the deepest sea

Fifty said forgive my mother

Sixty said forgive myself

Eighty said to kiss a stranger

Hundred said to love myself

Pre-Chorus

And I'm running out of daylight

Running out of reasons why

Running through the checkmarks

Still wondering if I'm alive

Chorus

A hundred things to do before I go

A hundred steps on a road I don't know

A hundred chances and ninety-nine failed

But the hundredth one is the one that prevails

Post-Chorus

One by one

One by one

Tick the box until it's done

One by one

Verse 2

Number twelve was learn a language

Thirteen was climb a burning wall

Fourteen said to write a letter

To the kid who never heard my call

Thirty was to plant a garden

Forty was to watch it grow

Seventy to sing out loud

In a place where no one knows

Pre-Chorus

And I'm running out of patience

Running out of second tries

Running through the numbers

Still counting up my lies

Chorus

A hundred things to do before I go

A hundred steps on a road I don't know

A hundred chances and ninety-nine failed

But the hundredth one is the one that prevails

Post-Chorus

One by one

One by one

Tick the box until it's done

One by one

Bridge

Ninety-nine I left for later

Ninety-nine I let slip by

But a hundred isn't waiting

And I'm not afraid to die

Chorus

A hundred things to do before I go

A hundred steps on a road I don't know

A hundred chances and ninety-nine failed

But the hundredth one is the one that prevails

Outro

One by one

One by one

A hundred done

A hundred won