Long ago when the winter snow had drifted high We would climb the baseball bleachers, my friend and I Stare down from the top rail on the blanket of snow Eyes wide and daring each other to be the first to go And the fear of fallin' so clear in my eye And the fear of feeling I was afraid to try And the fear of missing a chance to fly Fear of falling Many times I've stood and felt that same fear I knew At the edge of something I wasn't sure I could do When your heart is pounding and you're doubting yourself Surprise to find you're really just like everyone else And the fear of fallin' is the reason you climb Fear of finding you've run out of time Fear of gravity that weighs on your mind The fear of falling The fear of falling is a gift to us all How it keeps us creeping back to the edge of the wall And tonight I'm climbing as the snow's falling down Another leap of faith into the snow covered ground