Playing With Tigers
Great, her sneakers have been tearing every month for about a year now
Everything keeps moving downhill, building as it gathers speed
She doesn't know why she's determined to win
When everything she's planned, set her to fail
She was just another teen, living that life
All she wanted was bigger shoes to fill
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, it's all yours
Once upon a time, in a town far away
She wanted to be a singer, to feel 10,000 eyes on the mic in her hand
A little girl, trapped in her fantasy
Now sitting on the bleachers, an ipod in her hands
She bangs her head to the guitar riffs, screams the lyrics loud and clear
Calloused hands, she's determined to learn the guitar
She isn't about to give up, defeated
He was watching from the field, eyes trained on her fire
He knew she could make it with a little determination
The moment broken, he tensed for the impact
Bones crunching, this doesn't feel right
He needed his faith more than ever
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, it's all yours
That girl is now a punk, rock music sensation
A wide base of fans all around the nation
He was in the audience, with her all the way
Dreams of professional football, destroyed
She always sings for him, the only believer
She finally found bigger shoes to fill, living her dream
He knew she was the real future, he could rely on
That girl is me
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished, was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, just remember
It's all yours
Everything keeps moving downhill, building as it gathers speed
She doesn't know why she's determined to win
When everything she's planned, set her to fail
She was just another teen, living that life
All she wanted was bigger shoes to fill
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, it's all yours
Once upon a time, in a town far away
She wanted to be a singer, to feel 10,000 eyes on the mic in her hand
A little girl, trapped in her fantasy
Now sitting on the bleachers, an ipod in her hands
She bangs her head to the guitar riffs, screams the lyrics loud and clear
Calloused hands, she's determined to learn the guitar
She isn't about to give up, defeated
He was watching from the field, eyes trained on her fire
He knew she could make it with a little determination
The moment broken, he tensed for the impact
Bones crunching, this doesn't feel right
He needed his faith more than ever
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, it's all yours
That girl is now a punk, rock music sensation
A wide base of fans all around the nation
He was in the audience, with her all the way
Dreams of professional football, destroyed
She always sings for him, the only believer
She finally found bigger shoes to fill, living her dream
He knew she was the real future, he could rely on
That girl is me
You were the one to believe, in all my hopes and dreams
My mentor, when everyone had lost faith in me
I helped win the battles but you won my wars
Write it down on parchment for me now
The small tokens of hope you brought to me
All I accomplished, was from keeping my feet on the ground
I can finally hear the stadium applause
Just remember, just remember
It's all yours