sometimes you don't know where you are   until you're there and it's too late   it's too late to find a better way   the time's escape so let's not lie      the stars are brighter on the other side tonight   the clock has died   surely this could not be over      the truth gets old   the walls so hard again these days   as if they knew everything   it's not the case      you know the feeling   when you're burning   'cause you're trying to win   you're hoping for something more   when you look down   you'll find there's just no way to turn      so let's get down   'cause it's time we learned how to fly   there's no pretending happy endings   when we're trapped inside our lives      sometimes you don't know where you are   until you're there and it's too late   it's too late to find the better way   a better way to live      so in the end   we'll look back on distance times   when we began to understand that   life is only what we make of it   you've got to try   and then maybe you'll see why    we try so hard to die      maybe you'll see why   why we try so hard to die      sometimes you don't know where you are   until you're there and it's too late   it's too late to find the better way   a better to live, to bring too deep