When is the win

When is the win

(Verse 1)

Sunrise finds me on the floor, counting all the miles before

The finish line I swear I see, just past the boundary of me.

I poured the sweat, I paid the cost, for everything I thought I lost.

But every inch I think I gain, the prize just laughs and slips again.

(Chorus)

Oh, this unobtainable prize, it's a shimmer in my eyes.

A promise whispered on the air, a victory that's never there.

I push and pull with noteworthy might, I stay the course through darkest night.

But the gold is always one step back, on this never-ending track.

It's so fing* unobtainable.

(Verse 2)

They say "just work, you'll reach the top," they say "one day the striving stops."

But the ladder's made of smoke and glass, every foothold seems to pass.

I check the map, I re-read the signs, I follow all the perfect lines.

I see the others cross the tape, while my own future takes no shape.

(Chorus)

Oh, this unobtainable prize, it's a shimmer in my eyes.

A promise whispered on the air, a victory that's never there.

I push and pull with noteworthy might, I stay the course through darkest night.

But the gold is always one step back, on this never-ending track.

It's so fing* unobtainable.

(Bridge)

My hands are raw, my spirit's thinned, a runner fighting 'gainst the wind.

Is it the race, or is it me? Why can't I break this gravity?

I give it everything I own, still standing here, utterly alone.

The closer that I think I get, the harder that I gotta sweat.

(Guitar Solo - Frustrated, driving, and intense)

(Chorus)

Oh, this unobtainable prize, it's a shimmer in my eyes.

A promise whispered on the air, a victory that's never there.

I push and pull with noteworthy might, I stay the course through darkest night.

But the gold is always one step back, on this never-ending track.

It's so fing* unobtainable.

(Outro)

Forever out of reach... (Echo)

Unobtainable...

And still I run... (Fade out with a tired, persistent drum beat)