Will your high hopes get you there   Goal so far and yet so near   You can't ignore the writing on the wall   Every time you rise you fall   End nowhere in sight at all   Why should you pick it up and try again   Chorus:   Give it up, 'cause you can't win   Let it go while you still can   Gave it all you had, now you're feelin' bad   So you're gone, ready to roam   You come on so strong with that same sad song   Wherever you go   Run along, take your ball and go home   Promised yet another chance   Forbidden just a single glance   So much rides on what you say and do   Discarded truths and famous myths   Tales that life deceives you with   Certain things you always thought you knew   Chorus:   Helpful hands that pull you down   Smaller minds turn you around   Friends in need are never really true   Why should you put trust in this   Bridge above the dark abyss   You never learned you can't make all the rules   Chorus: