Guarded Heart - Have You Noticed?

You don't know what you have until you let it go,
and the realization that you may not get it back
causes you to beat yourself up, you know you've done wrong?

That it really does look greener on the other side
until you get there and realize what you had was better,
and then your afraid you can't cross back over?

That the stars shine brighter when everything is ok,
and when you fall apart, the sky goes dark
all of a sudden you don't remember where you are?

That the harder you try, the more discouraged you get,
life seems to knock you off your feet, fate laughs in your face
but you keep going, your that determined?

That when you make a mistake and throw it all away
you spend the rest of your life trying to make it right
so that, those lips, you might once again taste?

Guarded Heart

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