[Intro, acoustic guitar, 3/4 waltz, piano enters bar 4] [Verse 1] I wrote it where no one would look With no name on the page Shipping fifty times a day Before it was the rage [Verse 2] We named it with a borrowed word We called the failure small We drew the loop upon the board And taped it to the wall [Pre-Chorus] It went from fight to obvious From radical to plain The ones who swore we'd never work Now say they felt the same [Chorus] If you can't fail, you cannot learn That's what I used to say We built the loop, we took our turn And gave the map away [Verse 3] I walked into a meeting room And saw my writing there The words had traveled on their own To places past repair [Verse 4] A friend walked out with millions made And still couldn't find the door We gave the world a way to fail We never asked what for [Pre-Chorus] It went from fight to obvious From radical to plain The ones who swore we'd never work Now say they felt the same [Chorus] If you can't fail, you cannot learn That's what I used to say We built the loop, we took our turn And gave the map away [Bridge, intimate, solo voice] I wrote "change the world" — forgot To add "for better" there I thought it was obvious I thought we all would care [Gang Vocal, congregation joins] Ohhhh, I thought we all would care [Final Chorus, full congregation] If you can't fail, you cannot learn That's what I used to say We built the loop, we took our turn Now build it right this day [Outro, piano only] Nothing real can be threatened here Nothing unreal remains
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