John Reuben - Time to Leave Lyrics

Taught young, the world's wisdom
I was told life's a game, the earth will be your stadium
Be alert, pay attention
One day even your friends will become the competition

Trust no one but do remember this
Never burn any potential bridges
Know who's who an' what they can do for you
And don't feel bad 'cause in the end
They're gonna do it to you too

Remember, life's not fair
In order to maintain
You're gonna have to let your sensitivity be trained
A machine more than a human being
What you say doesn't always have to be what you mean

Tell them what they wanna hear if it's to your benefit
An' words beyond closed doors are insignificant
Push yourself, never be satisfied
Even if you don't get it
At least you died knowin' you tried

Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave
Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave

Gain it all, now it's time to leave
Gain it all, now it's time to leave
Now, all we see is now
Gain it all, now it's time

Taught young, the world's wisdom
Begin to pay attention an' make my own observations
All of these kids work hard for admiration
Doin' their best not to meet their social expiration

Kind of hard in a world this finicky
Easily praised an' yet destroyed just as quickly
I guess, me an' the planet must not be compatible
'Cause I don't want its approval to feel valuable

So who's next to climb the wall of success?
Just to see how good the top truly gets
Chasin' lies disguised as goin' somewhere
Only to arrive an' realize it's really no where

That's even if you get there in the first place
What an incredible let down we're bound to face
When we substitute purpose for cheap counterfeit
Too busy tryin' to succeed
In life that we forget to live it

Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave
Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave

Gain it all, now it's time to leave
Gain it all, now it's time to leave
But now, all we see is now
Gain it all an' now it's time

You can live in the infinite or give in to the immediate
Gain it all but one day, you'll have to leave it
This world is temporary an' its heart is selfish
Think to yourself, ‽Is this what wealth is?”

But now, all we see is now
An' now is not a bad thing
But now does bring tomorrow then?
Now becomes then
Moments escape, new ones replace them

Don't want to face the end still searchin'
Askin', ‽What in this world did I ever find worth in?”
What could be worse than a life of wasted years?
Nothin' lastin', nothin' true, nothin' dear

I fear losin' beauty in pursuit of bigger things
I fear a broken home courtesy of the American dream
Maybe that's just me with my emotions on my sleeve
But one way or another, we all wear what we believe

Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave
Born, live, strive, succeed
Gain it all, bye, now it's time to leave

Gain it all, now it's time to leave
Gain it all, now it's time to leave
Born, live, strive, succeed
But now we're wastin' now