Alive

I've had ghosts of my past come back to greet me

Big white smiles and their eyes

I go blind looking back, pray they can't seen me

Pray they'll let me be

Cause I can't outrun, outsmart, outlive myself

Outrun, outsmart my shadow

I wished I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of all man-time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burn alive, oh

I wish I could have known, the way fate would use me

Took my life in her hands, the things she'd do to me

Yet, I'd never complain, I'd always go through it

The pain's a part of the play

Cause I can't outrun, outsmart, outlive myself

Outrun, outsmart my shadow

I wished I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of all man-time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burned alive

No returns, no regrets

No lessons learned, this is all that we get

Yeah, that's just how it goes

The good and bad it takes it's toll before we get old, oh

I wished I'd learned to take heed of all the signs

I wish I could turn back the hands of all man-time

It's the saddest of truths, seen it with my own brown eyes

If you play with fire, you'll get burned alive