The climb

Verse 1

I’m forty three and still feel sixteen

Still chasing things I ain’t never seen

Built my name on broken nights

Trading peace just to feel alright

I climbed every rung they pointed to

Said “get up here and you’ll break through”

But every time I touch that line

It moves another mile

Pre-Chorus

I keep my eyes on something far

Never look back at where we are

Chorus

I keep running toward a moving sun

Every win just shows me one

More hill, more road, more sky to climb

I keep missing the good part trying to beat the time

I thought the top was the finish line

But the beauty’s in the climb

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Verse 2

Got scars that paid the bills I owe

Some wins I don’t even celebrate no more

I thought the top would quiet my mind

But the higher I get, the louder it gets inside

I shook hands with who I wanted to be

He looked tired, just like me

Said “slow down, you’re doing fine

You’re alive, you’re alive”

Pre-Chorus

Every dream I tried to chase

Left footprints I forgot to face

Chorus

I keep running toward a moving sun

Every win just shows me one

More hill, more road, more sky to climb

I keep missing the good part trying to beat the time

I thought the top was the finish line

But the beauty’s in the climb

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Bridge

If this ladder never ends

If the target’s always ten feet ahead

Then maybe I was wrong all along

Maybe this road is the song

Maybe the sweat, maybe the doubt

Maybe the nights I almost bowed out

Maybe the miles between then and now

That’s what it’s all about

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Final Chorus

I’m still running toward a moving sun

Still learning how to call it done

Still got hills, still got sky to climb

But I’m done stealing tomorrow from today this time

I thought the top was the finish line

But the beauty’s in the climb

Outro

Forty three and still climbing on

And that don’t mean I’m wrong