[Verse] somedays... somedays are better... but most... most are worse... I... ohhh I remember... how I thought I would be... how life was gonna be... then I got livin... and life and I... never could see... eye to eye... [slow contemplative acoustic guitar instrumental] [chorus] I was gonna build things! I was gonna be famous! no I was gonna be happy... now I'm none of these... sure I might be breathing... but I... don't feel alive... wish I could fix this... so me and life... could finally see... things... eye to eye... [acoustic guitar instrumental solo] [Verse] found... I found a woman... who loved me... and I loved her... or so I believed... but days became months... and months shifted to years... if this was ever love... it drowned in all our tears... fell into a bottle... I cradled... and it cradled me... so many nights... lost to whiskey dreams... some nights I wonder... will my daughter grow up hating me... for my failings... and the stain of being part of me... [slow contemplative acoustic guitar instrumental] [chorus] I was gonna be a good man! I was gonna make my father proud! no I was gonna be content... but God I'm none of these... my heart sure it's beating... sure I'm... gettin by... but what if... I'd rather die... than merely survive... will me and this life... ever... ever see eye to eye... [acoustic guitar instrumental solo] [bridge] no im not givin' up... I'm not givin' in... as long as I got breath... I'll keep on truckin'... I've found love again... and it's everything to me... but the past keeps on remindin'... that when you have... everything... you lose everything... done it before... why not again... and that thought... terrifies me... [acoustic guitar instrumental] [outro] I'm gonna be a builder! I'm gonna be famous at least... in the hearts of those whom I love... and if not Me I'll make them happy! I'm gonna be a good man! I'm gonna make my father proud! I know he's watchin'... up in heaven lookin' down... I will find contentment... I hope... I pray... please... I don't want to die... not until... me and life... finally see eye to eye... [instrumental] finally see eye to eye... [instrumental] till me and life... ohhhhh ohh oh... finally see eye to eye... [acoustic guitar instrumental solo leading to fade out] [end]
