I started to feel while I was walking down the street
Yes I did, and I started thinking about my destiny
And how maybe, maybe just someday I could repay
All the times you sang

All of your warm colors have painted all my days
And all of the tragic tears you took off of my face
´Cause I´ve fallen off of these train tracks
And nearly seen my death
And I stand here with a song that´s left

This will be my destiny
You will be my song, and I will sing
So don´t cover up your ears at me
And what I have to tell
I hope that these words, they find you well

I know, I know
When I see it I will know
It´s home that I´ll go,
When it´s my turn to clock out

It´s almost like dreaming,
But so real I can´t explain
That it´s almost hard to think or say
To try to be a different way

This will be my destiny
You will be my song and I will sing
So don´t cover up your ears at me
And what I have to tell

So you, do you know what it is you do?
I assume that you´re thinking, "Why, yes, I do."
Well I just hope, and pray that you change that soon,
And I would hope and pray if I were you.

If I were you, If I were you
If I were you, If I were you
I´d be asking every single person I knew
To just please say a prayer for me
Cause I will most assuredly die this century
And in this opportune-filled life that I will leave
I hope to God that I lived for you and not for me

Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?
Is this thing on? Can you hear me?
Cause I am speaking loud and clear