What will it take for you to learn

That all your actions

Are coupled with reactions

You might not see it now

You're right to hold your standards high

But when the others just miss

Is it right to dismiss

They're trying as hard as you

Won't you cut them a little slack

Or stand and watch them choke

What gives you the right

To cut them down

When they're reaching for

The same stars that you are

Tear down your walls

You're not keeping anyone

From entering you city limits

The tide is rushing in

As the ocean greets your shores

And you become an island

What goes around

Comes back around

Hope what you put forward

Is everything you hoped for

It pays ten to one in time

Your world revolves around your head

And when it stops spinning

You'll find that you've been living

All alone nowhere to go

Should I cut you a little slack

Or stand and watch you choke

What gives you the right

To cut them down

When they're reaching for

The same stars that you are

Tear down your walls

You're not keeping anyone

From entering you city limits

The tide is rushing in

As the ocean greets your shores

And you become an island

You'll learn as you live

You'll get as you give

Stop to think before you

Burn your bridges

It's never too late

To redirect fate

It's in your court

What will it take for you to learn

Just stop to think yeah

Before you burn you burn you burn