Time Is Teaching

I used to think I had to run
Chasing things I'd never become
Always looking somewhere else
Trying to find myself

But time don't move the way we plan
It shapes the boy into a man
Every loss and every win
Slowly change the heart within

Time is teaching me
What I couldn't see
All the things I tried to control
Were just shaping my soul

Time is teaching me
Who I'm meant to be
Step by step, day by day
Life keeps showing me the way

I've made mistakes I can't erase
Met some people I can't replace
Took some roads that led nowhere
Still I'm standing here somewhere

Now I don't rush like before
I don't knock on every door
What is meant will always stay
What is not just fades away

Time is teaching me
What I couldn't see
All the things I tried to control
Were just shaping my soul

Time is teaching me
Who I'm meant to be
Step by step, day by day
Life keeps showing me the way

Maybe destiny ain't loud
Maybe it don't make you proud
Maybe it's just quiet days
Walking through life simple ways

Maybe being a better man
Is just doing what you can
Being kind and standing strong
And learning from what went wrong

Now I don't fear getting old
Every year worth more than gold
Lines on my face, stories to tell
Some were heaven, some were hell

If I leave something behind
I hope it's peace inside their mind
Not money, not a famous name
Just love that quietly remains

Time is teaching me
What I couldn't see
All the things I tried to control
Were just shaping my soul

Time is teaching me
Who I'm meant to be
Step by step, day by day
Life keeps showing me the way