CHORUS:

realized a thought wanted it to be.
realized I'd hope to know it,
because i'd saw it visually.
I'd come to see myself.

feelings i'd known that usually -
reminders of before and,
decided, hoped it coming to be
realized it for myself.


Verse 1 :

the dreams i've held since i was young
have kept me in this life,

to goal and base the future on
they've helped me to know growth.

the said "i woulds" and said "i-wont's"
believed it a no go,
but what do they know oh?
i'm still on the go-go...

(I) take time alone, days like this..
to remind a way, to come and
demonstrate it.

CHORUS 2:

decided, hoped it, wishing to be,
inside i cried to know it.

while down and out still had a belief -
believed inside myself.

took faith some truth in setting it free.
realized just who i was cause..

journies this life were never easy.
I found out for myself.

VERSE 2:

was learned at just a little boy
on how to become one.

to one day grow into a man
and how to become strong.

a father-figure to myself
he wouldn't become one,

though better without one -
i lived out my life on....


the things i took when i left home,
it wasn't all that kind.

vowed to myself i'd be my own
no matter what they know.

good reasons to have left behind
wanted to endure more,

while others' just weren't sure..
was planted at my core.


REPEAT CHORUS 1 and 2(1x)


BRIDGE:

the journey's personal.
my individual,
needs time to have my own..
to make this walk alone.

it's something personal.
as life's been plentiful,-
it lies internally -
and I need to be with me.

REPEAT CHORUS 1 and 2(2X) .



DAYS LIKE THIS (REALIZED)