Story Behind The Song
After losing everything in my life, I suddenly knew what was important, and what wasn't.
Song Description
Finding out what means the most in life.
| Song Length |
4:30 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool |
Subject |
Life, Change |
| Similar Artists |
James Taylor, Michael Buble |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You can spend your life pursuing dreams,
Taking your ambitions to extremes
The only thing that matters in the grand design
Is what you take, and what you leave behind
If you held the future in your hands
Would it make you change all of your plans?
When choosing what you want the most, you will find
It's what you take, and what you leave behind
Break:
If you knew exactly what tomorrow brings
It would take away your every doubt
It's easier sometimes when you've lost everything
To know what you can keep and do without
When all the praise and accolades of fame
Fade away and no one knows your name
It will be much clearer and you won't be blind
To what you take, and what you leave behind (break)
Life becomes so simple when you know
You can't take it with you when you go
But who you love and who you care for all the time
Stay in your heart held by the ties that bind
They're what you take, not what you leave behind