For Once

For Once [Verse 1 — intimate, reflective] Spent so many years Thinking the next thing Would finally be enough Always looking past The moment I was standing in Trying to solve tomorrow Before the day was even done Missing things I would've given anything To hold onto --- [Pre-Chorus] Always thinking something better Was waiting up ahead Never realizing how much life Was happening instead --- [Chorus] For once Time wasn't dragging me somewhere else For once I just noticed the world and where I was My eyes seemed to notice this all along While I was busy waiting for my life to start For once I wasn't reaching for something That wasn't already there I was just living in the moment For once --- [Verse 2] I spent so much time Chasing things I thought Would finally make sense Always measuring where I was Against somewhere I hadn't found yet Looking at the distance Of things I didn't see Missing parts of my life While I was busy looking ahead --- [Pre-Chorus] Hoping one day everything would click And I'd finally understand why I kept moving past all the good things Always looking for the better ones --- [Bridge] I spent so much time believing Something else was supposed to happen Like life was waiting somewhere Just outside of where I was Turns out I was looking to my future For answers I was already living in I just never stopped long enough To see what had been there all along --- [Final Chorus] For once Time wasn't dragging me somewhere else For once I just noticed the world and where I was My eyes seemed to notice this all along While I was busy waiting for my life to start For once I wasn't reaching for something That wasn't already there I was just living in the moment For once For once For once --- [Outro] Turns out I was looking to my future For answers I was already living in I just never stopped long enough To see what had been there all along For once