Maybe I Missed The Point

(album: Jeff Bridges - 2011)

I know somebody whose life is tough.
I help a little, but it isn't enough
Cuz I go an' spend money on stupid stuff
When I know he's struggling to stay above.

An' I have so many chances to be
The hero I believe's inside of me
But I get busy and I get distracted
And I do nothing when I could've acted
I laid low when I could've stood high.
I said nothing when I should've asked why.
I saw something that I might've done and I didn't,
A chance to speak my truth and I hid it.

Inside, I'd like to believe I'm cool,
Easy to love and hard to fool,
But I know there's more I could've enjoyed.
Sometimes I find myself thinking
Maybe I missed the point.

So many times I turned down love,
Stayed in the dark when I could've lit it up,
But every time I did take a chance
Makes me happy when I'm looking back

I'm not saying my whole life feels like a joke
But I've been a master of mirrors and smoke
And I don't wanna live
No mo' without you.