Story Behind The Song

Personal experience attempting to overcome inertia.

Song Description

About taking on the adventure of living rather than being paralyzed into or by inactivity.

Lyrics

ANTE UP ? LaRiccia/MLC

There?s more here than eyes can see
There?s so much more that we can be
Just calculate the risks and start to play

It?s not that I?m a gambling man
But I?ve come to understand
It?s more the things you do than what you say Ante up

What we try to save we lose
And what we freely give and choose
May always be a treasured memory

Moth and rust may spoil toys
But nothing ever steals our joy(s)
When faith and hope secure eternity

ANTE UP! ANTE UP!
Take it to the top and don?t let up
There?s nothing left to lose if we don?t play
ANTE UP! ANTE UP!
It?s the feeling that you get when you?re up
Lay back and let the cards fall where they may

So why do I sit back here (do I)
Watching time go by each year (watch time)
So much more that I would rather be (I could live my life)
If I don?t move myself I know
There wont be much for me to show
Its do or lie, now?s the time to go

It?s okay if when I die
I always did my best and tried
?Cause in the end it?s how the race was run

ANTE UP! ANTE UP!
Take it to the top and don?t let up
There?s nothing left to lose if we don?t play
ANTE UP! ANTE UP!
It?s the feeling that you get when you?re up
Lay back and let the cards fall where they may
And ante up ... ante up