Balancing Game

You can't have glory without the pain

You can't have freedom without the chains

It's a fragile existence, a delicate system

This life is a balancing game

I thought I could tip the scales, cheat the game

Have the Sun without the rain

Take your love and not exchange

My heart for yours, I guess that it's me to blame

So this is what I've found

From the bridges I've burned down

That it all comes back around

Now I know

You can't have glory without the pain

You can't have freedom without the chains

It's a fragile existence, a delicate system

This life is a balancing game

So then I called you up to make amends

Said take me back and you said yes

Now I know just how it ends

You played the game like me, it was all pretend

So this is what I've learned

You can't take and not return

Because one day you'll get burned

And now I know

You can't have glory without the pain

You can't have freedom without the chains

It's a fragile existence, a delicate system

This life is a balancing game