Your life is a narrative that's already written You've been living it each day Never making your own decisions You're not the one who has a say You worked for years just to make money And you woke up yesterday asking "Why?" 'Cause you live in a big house with nobody And it makes you feel so alone that you could die 'Cause you followed directions And got nowhere You can't turn around And now you're scared Yeah you followed the crowd and now they've Gone away And left you feeling Out of place Now you're lying awake and crying About the dreams you sacrificed Well I'm thanking god I've got this guitar To remind me That I just want to play some songs before I die Yeah I just wanna play I just wanna play I just wanna play some songs before I die