Hourglass

Verse 1: Time dripped slow, then spilled too fast, A river of gold through my open arms Built my days with fragile handa Watched them sink in shifting sands. Did I chase the fleeting tide, Or stand too still as it passed me by? Chorus: If I could tip the glass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. Verse 2: Turned the glass but never watched, Thought I had more grains to spend. Now the past is trapped inside it, A frozen wave I can’t amend. Did I fight the current wrong? Did I let the best slip gone? Bridge: If I could do it all again, I’d run through every open door. Trade my fears for one more chance, Chase the things I once ignored. Verse 3: If I had loved a little more, Held my tongue and slammed fewer doors, Let the anger turn to dust, Given trust instead of war. Would the weight be less to bear, If I had loved more and fought less? Chorus If I could tip the glass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. **Chorus:** If I could turn the hourglass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. **Verse 2:** Now I see the end draw near, The weight of years, the cost of fear. The past, a shadow I can’t outrun, The future, is just a setting sun. Did I spend my days too free, Or held too tight what couldn’t be? **Verse 3:** Regrets like ghosts, they haunt my mind, The moments lost, the love behind. Too many days I let slip away, Chasing dreams that led astray. If I had paused to feel the rain, Would the joy outweigh the pain? **Chorus:** If I could tip the hourglass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. **Bridge:** If I could do it all again, I’d run through every open door. Trade my fears for one more chance, Chase the things I once ignored. **Chorus (Outro):** If I could turn the hourglass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. **Bridge:** If I could do it all again, I’d run through every open door. Trade my fears for one more chance, Chase the things I once ignored. **Chorus ** If I could turn the hourglass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. [End] **Chorus ** If I could turn the hourglass once more, Would I waste less, would I roam? Would I carve my name in stone, Or still be dust the wind has blown? Would I rise, would I stay? If I could do it all again. [Soft Ending]