I recall the days of how I spent
Most of my time just regretting
Over wasted luck and missing chances,
And somehow always giving in.

𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅,
𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔,
𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.

I recall the days of when you said,
That I need to keep on trying,
No matter how hard it truly gets,
And do my best in everything.

𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚,
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕,
𝑻𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆.

I recall the days of when you said to me
"If you are not willing to try,
There is zero percent chance for success,"
And I guess you were right.

𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈
𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕,
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, "𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆
𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕."

I know now what that feeling is,
When I think of the consequence,
All I say is "I could have tried harder,"
Which is exactly what you meant.

"Because at the end of every challenge, what matters more is the attempt than the result, because we mainly regret not over the results but over the fact that we could have tried harder."
-Z. Taylor
(𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 8𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏)

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