breathe out all your bitter wind   and fake some optimism for the cheering crowd   even though the air is blowing thin   there’s a danger that I dare not name out loud      cause oh my fear of heights is growing ever stronger   the more I climb the more I’m afraid of looking down   I’m not giving up but I can’t live this way much longer   cause I’ll never be happy in the sky until I’m happy on the ground      and if you’d shown me where I’d go when I was younger   I’d say I’ve reached the point of “who could ask for more”   but once you’re taken in by someone else’s hunger   you have to wonder who are you achieving for      cause oh my fear of heights has paralyzed the yearning   it’s not the climb is just the thought of coming down   I’ll never give up but with each stumble I am learning   that I’ll never be happy in the sky until I’m happy on the ground      breathe out and let the color in   and me redefine my measure of success   it isn’t worth another empty win   when I take for granted what I already possess      and oh my fear of heights can’t hold me back forever   you’ve got to climb until you find your way back down   but I’m not looking up until I pull myself together   I’ll never be happy in the sky until I’m happy on the ground