[Intro] [Verse 1] You were three steps from the towel, had your hand around the flag Legs like wet cement beneath you, and your whole heart in a bag You said "that's it, I'm finished, I got nothing left to spend" And then something in the basement of you flickered on again [Pre-Chorus] Nobody sent a warning, there wasn't any sign Just an empty tank that filled back up right at the finish line [Chorus] It's a second wind, a second wind Right when you were quitting, it came rushing back in You don't know where it comes from and you can't call it at will But it finds you in the last mile when you swear you never will A second wind, right when you were done [Verse 2] It's the shift you thought would break you, it's the 3am wall It's the year that took your everything and dared you not to fall You'd already half-surrendered, you'd already said goodbye And a gust came up from nowhere and it lifted you to fly [Pre-Chorus] So don't you quit at the darkest part, don't fold on the last bend 'Cause the tank you thought was bone-dry has a little more to lend [Chorus] It's a second wind, a second wind Right when you were quitting, it came rushing back in You don't know where it comes from and you can't call it at will But it finds you in the last mile when you swear you never will A second wind, right when you were done [Bridge] And here's the cruel and lovely trick the second wind will play It won't show up a second early, it won't come to save the day It waits until you've spent it all, until there's nothing in the well And then it hands you back the strength you swore you couldn't tell [Instrumental solo] [Final Chorus] So it's a second wind, a second wind For everybody hanging on by a fingernail and a grin Keep your feet under you a minute more, keep breathing through the doubt 'Cause it comes the very second right before you'd have bowed out A second wind, right when you were done [Outro]
