Ember

Coulda gone another way
Coulda walked a different path
I could chose to play it safe
And studied science or math
But I chose to follow my heart
And let my passion guide me
Got no regrets, I've got my part
This is who I wanna be

But greener grasses tend to taunt
And linger just out of reach
Made up my mind about what I want
So why'd I turn to look and see
I knew what I was signing up for
When I scrawled the dotted line
The fancy cars and global tours
Are just a myth, a fib, a lie

Sometimes I wonder
Did I do it right?
Did I pick correctly
With how to spend my life
Is it too late
To go a different way
What'll make me happy
At the end of the day

I'm doing all of the hard work
I'm working night and day
Ten thousand hours tend to hurt
But I've been slaving away
I wanna give myself my best shot
A leg up on all the rest
You get the job once you've fought
And proven that you're the best

But who's to say that I've got
What the rest of them all don't
In this sea of other hotshots
Can I keep myself afloat
What if ten years down the road
I am filled with regret
A naive child's fleeting hope
I'd wish had long been put to bed

Sometimes I wonder
If I got it right
Did I pick correctly
With how to spend my life
Is it too late
To go a different way
What'll make me happy
At the end of the day

If I'd gone the safer route
I never would've known
If this bright little ember
Into a flame would grow
I would live my life
Wondering what I could've had
A failure means I tried my best
And I can live with that

Sometimes I wonder
Did I do it right?
Did I pick correctly
With how to spend my life
But even if I never find
The grand success I desire
At least I'll know for sure
That this ember can't start a fire