Digressions

I came, I saw, I conquered and never borrowed
The pride within my heart was never swallowed
I think I'd better lay my head and rest
But when I think about my life, I digress

It’s not just that I don't know where I'm going
It’s that I always want to remember where I came from
All my memories are oak trees rooted deeply in my mind
But life is fleeting
We're all fleeting

I want to die with ambition and with purpose
But I want to live with humility and grace
And I hope my daughters grow to be just like my mother
With the strength and the intention of living each day

And I want to sing and laugh and cry and shout and sail all seven seas
And I want to climb to the peaks of mountains because I can
But most of all I want to teach my sons to be just like my father
And to hold their hearts higher than their heads

But this world, world, world we're living in
Seems to have no room
For you and me to breathe
But if you close your eyes and listen to
The world outside your head
You'll find that it's really not so bad after all

I came, I saw, I conquered, and never borrowed
The pride within my heart was never swallowed
I think I'd better lay my head and rest
But when I think about it all, all, all

I want to die with ambition and with purpose
But I want to live with humility and grace
And I hope my daughters grow to be just like my mother
With the strength and the intention of living each day

And I want to sing and laugh and cry and shout and sail all seven seas
And I want to climb to the peaks of mountains because I can
But most of all I want to teach my sons to be just like my father
And to hold their hearts higher than their heads