[Intro] Yeah Maybe we're all just passing through Trying to make a little meaning out of what we do And someday when the years are gone What will we wish we would've held onto? [Verse 1] Everybody's got a story they don't tell A thousand little moments that they know too well People come and go, seasons rearrange And somehow nothing stays the same We spend so much time trying to get somewhere Never noticing who's already there Chasing every dream like time's gonna wait While the people that we love are growing up the same Someday these halls will be empty Someday these voices will sound far away The things that feel ordinary now Might be the things we miss someday So let the pictures get a little blurry Let the years leave a few marks behind I'd rather have a life full of memories Than spend it trying to freeze the time [Pre-Chorus] Maybe we don't need to know Every road before we take it Maybe life is in the moments That we almost didn't make it [Chorus] Before I die I wanna know I really lived Not just watched the years go by Wondering what I could've been I wanna leave a little light In every heart I get to touch And if I don't have everything I hope I know I had enough Before I die I wanna have some stories worth telling Some people worth remembering Some reasons to be grateful I was here I don't need the whole world to know my name I just wanna know I gave more than I took Before I die [Verse 2] There'll be people that we swear we'll never lose There'll be roads that we don't ever choose There'll be doors that close without a warning And somehow there'll still be another morning Some friends will fade into old photographs Some will somehow find their way right back Somebody's gonna change your life Without even knowing that they did And maybe that's the strangest thing How a moment can become a memory How somebody's laugh can stay with you Long after they're not standing next to you So say what you mean while there's time to say it Give forgiveness while you still can Don't wait until a goodbye To realize how much someone meant [Pre-Chorus] Maybe we don't need to know Every road before we take it Maybe life is in the moments That we almost didn't make it [Chorus] Before I die I wanna know I really lived Not just watched the years go by Wondering what I could've been I wanna leave a little light In every heart I get to touch And if I don't have everything I hope I know I had enough Before I die I wanna have some stories worth telling Some people worth remembering Some reasons to be grateful I was here I don't need the whole world to know my name I just wanna know I gave more than I took Before I die [Rap Verse] Everybody's running like the clock don't stop, Trying to reach the top while the whole thing drops, Got a list of goals but we're losing the plot, Counting every second that we swear we don't got. What if the life that you're waiting to start Is happening now while you're breaking your heart? What if the people you keep taking for granted Are the very same people you'd give anything for tomorrow? We chase the future, forget the present, Measure our worth by a thousand possessions, Looking for answers, collecting achievements, Missing the meaning in all of the in-between moments. 'Cause nobody remembers the perfect day, They remember who stayed when the perfect days changed, Who picked up the phone, who showed up late, Who made you laugh when you couldn't explain. So here's to the moments we never planned, The shaking voices and holding hands, The dreams that changed and the ones that stayed, The people who loved us along the way. Maybe a life isn't measured in years, Maybe it's measured by who you brought near, How much you gave, how much you cared, And how many hearts knew that you were there. [Bridge] And when the years have changed us And we're not who we used to be I hope we can look around us And recognize what mattered Not every dream came true Not every goodbye made sense But maybe that's okay Maybe enough was always enough [Final Chorus] Before I die I wanna know we really lived Loved people without holding back And gave more than I kept I wanna sing the songs I wrote Even if nobody knows the words I wanna leave behind some kindness That keeps going after I'm gone Before I die I wanna look back without wishing I had been somewhere else With someone else Or somebody different I wanna see the little moments That I never thought would matter And realize they were the reason Everything mattered at all I don't need a perfect life I don't need to have it all I just wanna know that somewhere I made somebody's world a little brighter Before I die If there's one thing I hope we know— I was here. I was loved. I loved. And for a little while We got to be alive together.
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