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Five Years Ago

from Five Years by Mike Pouch

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I'm sitting in a skyrise thinking back five years,
on my regrets, my dreams, and debts.
I look towards the horizon, yet it fills my fears.
The sun is setting, and I'm scared to death.

The earth curves in the distance behind tall buildings,
to lands unseen, beyond my means,
with sights, and tastes, and adventures so fulfilling.
Yet, all these places remain in my dreams.

I close my eyes and only hope,
and though,

a million dollar idea strolls across my mind.
I jot it down and yet somehow,
I sacrifice another, and I waste my time.
Nothing gets finished; it seems too late now.

“Five years ago”, I ask, ''how could I know,
all this time gone, I'd be alone?''

I thought that I'd be in love and have love returned.
And dreamt of homes, I'll never know.
Because it seems love is just chance; it's not something earned.
So I hope God won't make me die alone.

But how can I believe in what I cannot feel?
Yet I still pray to live someday.
I guess faith is defined by what's not revealed;
so I trust things will all work out some way.

I close my eyes and only hope to know.

So maybe life's not over, just a failed chapter,
of goals in mind, not reached in time.
And I can still redeem the life that I'm after.
A sunset looks the same as a sunrise.

Five years ago I wish I could have known,
all this time gone, yet I'm still hopeful.

Though five years gone my mind is clear;
I want to live. I need to live.
Cause now this starts the next five years.
I need to live, God let me live.

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from Five Years, released July 24, 2015
All music written and performed by Mike Pouch
Mixed by Jeremy Simon at Viking Camel Studio
Mastered by Tom Volpicelli at the Mastering House
Violin performed by Carley Evangelista

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Mike Pouch Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mike Pouch is singer-songwriter and composer from Philadelphia, PA with a focus on well-crafted songs and highly melodic indie electropop.

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