Clock hands tick and calendars turn
Weighed down by the weight of the world
Your celebration is overdue
For the simple fact that you're still you
For years now, you’ve been trying to wash
But you just can’t shake that history off
So let’s snuggle up now, all safe and warm
And let’s help forget your heart was torn

We all try to be something, we all try to be great
But we’re all only human and we all make mistakes
‘Cause all that it takes is three simple words
To change someone’s life for better or worse

And even the brightest stars die someday
They flicker and suddenly they fade away
But they die with the knowledge that they did their best
To shine and burn as bright as the rest
‘Cause we’ve learned, we’ve learned way more than we know
From things we’ve been through and the people we’ve known
And we shouldn’t look back on what we didn’t do
But be proud that, instead, we made it through

We all try to be something, we all try to be great
But we’re all only human and we all make mistakes
‘Cause all that it takes is three simple words
To change someone’s life for better or worse
And is that a mistake? Well, I don’t know
I heard once: “that’s how people grow”
Look around, look around, we don’t have a clue
But none of that matters, there’s life within you

And as we try to make sense of what our lives are about
We pray that the stars above don’t flicker out
And keep shining bright for as long as we need
A place to call home, a place to retreat
And if you’re waiting for the day in which you break through
I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s coming soon
With the odds so small and the chances so few
There’s beauty in life and there’s life within you

We all try to be something, we all try to be great
But we’re all only human and we all make mistakes
‘Cause all that it takes is three simple words
To change someone’s life for better or worse
And is that a mistake? Well, I don’t know
I heard once: “that’s how people grow”
Look around, look around, we don’t have a clue
But none of that matters, there’s life within you