If Only

 
If only love was true to life like a story in the pages of a novel  
How many of us would have stood the test of time?  
Which of us would still hold on to a dream  
Even as innocence is lost  
Hoping against hope  
When the cards we’re dealt are not the ones we want  
 
If only our devotion to a childhood love was like the chapters of a book  
Would our story be as good  
No –  
As Great  
As we come of age  
Committed in the heart of hearts  
Even when misfortunes set us back  
They shaped us and helped us grow  
 
If only the twists and turns of life read like the episodes of a chronicle  
Would our stories be just as fantastic  
Some of us had it bad  
Some of you have been through worse  
But you held on to dear life and well, now have a tale to tell  
 
If only the goals I once schemed and dreamed and chased  
Escaped me and were lost in the past  
I’d still be feeling the wrath of unrequited love  
Shortsighted by the fervor that fuels the soul  
Blind sighted by the things that fate threw at us  
I’d be in a different path  
 
But only if