Songs in the daylight playing in my head

Kinda like the a-side, hope it never ends, yeah

Feel it in the bassline, playing in the Benz

Kinda like the a-side, hope it never ends

I never thought that life could get like this, nah

But I'm still hoping it don't end like this

Still feeling like there's ways to go, which is crazy

Because just a few days ago

I found an old leather bound book with a paper note

handwritten

2023, I made some goals, a big checklist

I wasn't aimin' low, littlе did I know

Fast forward three years, and I'm here

chеcking every single box

Didn't take it slow

I remember when they said I'd never make it, so

I put my head down, they were going out

but I'd stay at home

Killing everybody off like their favorite show

talking Game of Thrones

Whoa, destined for this since I was eight years old

'Cause I remember back in drama class

Billy Goats Gruff, everybody wanna play the troll

I said: "It's fine, I guess I'll play the goat"

"Life imitates art", that's my favorite quote

Didn't wanna take the road, so I paved my own

Paying forward by myself, yeah, I take a toll

But I had to take control just to break the mold

Challenging the status quo, whoa, yeah

Songs in the daylight playing in my head

Kinda like the a-side, yeah, hope it never ends

Feel it in the bassline, playing in the Benz, yeah

Kinda like the a-side, hope it never ends

Staring at this old checklist, wondering what's next

I remember when I wrote this, I was hoping

that these things would bring me success

I mean, technically it did

so why am I still here unfulfilled, thinking "What's next"?

I thought the stress would be much less

I thought I'd rest and be up less

Less sunrise and more sunsets

shouldn't I be happy knowing that my own son's set?

Will a certain income even change the outcome?

If I take a second, am I getting outrun?

Did I mute the issues, or did I turn the sound up?

'Cause it keep getting louder, yeah, it keep getting louder

Locked inside the bathroom in Miami

before the show on the brink of tears

Telling me that you leavin' 'cause love just isn't here

All of a sudden, everything becoming crystal clear

Choosing this career over you? Not in a million years

It won't interfere, that's your biggest inner fear

Talked it out, shifting gears, fear start to disappear

Kept my head down tryin' to go the distance

But I don't wanna look up

when it's over and I missed it, damn

Songs in the daylight playing in my head

Kinda like the a-side, hope it never ends

Feel it in the bassline, playing in the Benz

Kinda like the a-side, hope it never ends

I flipped the checklist over and saw a blank page

A new start, clean sheet, a blank slate

If I could mail this to my younger self, what would I say?

Thought about it for a second, put my pen to the page

I said: "Hey, kid, look, spoiler alert, you really made it

But I would think twice on the direction that you're aimin'

'Cause what is tunnel vision when the view is so amazing? "

Life is not all about getting all that you can fast

Matthew said it, the first is always dead last

I think it's all about the thing

that we spend but never get back

Yeah, it's about time