I've been waiting here so long for this For you to give that old idea the slip And see how those who are alive have lived Some would say it's sweeter than the life you've lived of late But that its sweetness is the bitter taste Of giving everything you are away You're going to have to change Change the way you see You'll have to change your mind I'll bet you wanted more from life than living it You'd like to swim but you just can't commit And you're afraid that you might drown in it But diving in, even in knowing that you cannot swim You've got to die before your life begins And underwater learn to breathe