Right Now

I kept saying, “Soon I’ll be ready,” “One more step and then I’ll begin.” I was drawing maps to tomorrow, While the daylight slipped through my hands. Every minute wanted my attention, But I gave it all to someday somehow. I was saving up my heart for later, Didn’t know that later was now. While I was chasing a perfect moment, The world kept turning all around. Love was calling, change was coming, Life was landing on the ground. Right now, right now, Life is breathing all around me. Right now, right now, Not someday when the stars all line. I don’t wanna wait till it’s all worked out, I don’t wanna miss what I’ve already found. While I was planning how to live somehow, Life was here, right now. There were chances hiding in the silence, Little joys I almost passed by. Unexpected doors kept opening, Even through the tears and the nights. Nothing ever moved the way I pictured, Nothing followed all my careful lines. Still the broken, beautiful pieces Made a realer kind of life. While I was trying to control the story, The story was changing me. In the middle of the unfinished, There was something I could see. Right now, right now, Life is breathing all around me. Right now, right now, Not someday when the stars all line. I don’t wanna wait till it’s all worked out, I don’t wanna miss what I’ve already found. While I was planning how to live somehow, Life was here, right now. Maybe it’s messy, maybe it’s not perfect, Maybe that’s just how it’s meant to be. Maybe the moment I kept postponing Is standing here in front of me. So I’ll stop running toward forever, Like today is only in the way. I will open up my hands and take it, I will live before it fades. Final Chorus Right now, right now, Life is breathing all around me. Right now, right now, Not someday when the stars all line. I don’t need perfect, I just need this heartbeat, I just need the truth inside of me. While I was waiting for the world somehow, Life was here, right now. Life was here, right now.