Story Behind The Song

I was inspired to write this song after reading Steve Jobs' commencement address at Stanford University in 2005.

Song Description

A song about not having regrets and taking chances. because time flies, and life is short.

Lyrics

VERSE:
Found a note inside an old shoe box dated ten years ago
It listed all the places I wanted to see and people I wanted to know
But time faded all of the letters

Met an ugly girl and I made her my wife ?cos I didn?t know very well
That there was so much more to life than just the closing bell
But time has made me know better

CHORUS:
That we?re not young for very long
The days keep turning into night
Put your mind where you belong, don?t waste time

We?re not young for very long
The days keep flying into night
Put your mind where you belong, don?t waste time

VERSE:
There?s a pill inside your medicine chest that can take away all your pain
It makes you believe that you?re the best and keeps you numb to the April rain
But will you ever get as high as a mountain?

If you just go on pissing away living someone else?s dream
You know you?re gonna wake up one day and nothing will be as it seems
Instead of climbing you were too busy counting

CHORUS:
And we?re not young for very long
The days keep turning into night
Put your mind where you belong, don?t waste time

We?re not young for very long
The days keep flying into night
Put your mind where you belong, don?t waste time

BRIDGE:
Don?t waste time (live every minute of your life without a doubt)
Don?t waste time (don?t keep the focus on the things you are without)
Don?t waste time (before you know it we?ll all be running out of time)

?Cos we?re not young for very long but if we live it right we just might have the time
We?re not young for very long but if we do it right we just might find the time, wasting time

CHORUS:
We?re not young for very long
The days keep turning into night
Put your mind where you belong, don?t waste time