failed

i didn't write this. it's a song by chris brown and kate fenner. 'failed' is such a powerful word, but i can't read or write it without attaching a judgment. failure seems so harsh. what is failure? maybe it's just making a mistake without learning from it. i don't know. i guess, in writing these lyrics down, i have failed to be original...


failed to look, failed to find
failed to try, failed to climb
failed to hunger, failed to yearn
failed to behold and failed to burn

failed to sing, failed to convince
failed to fear and failed to risk
failed to want, failed to yield
failed to love and failed to fail

failed to come, failed to go
failed the tide and failed the tow
failed to suffer, failed to glow
failed to believe and failed to know

o witness, i climb the stair
o witness, flowers in my hair
o witness, i palm the key
o witness, o witness

failed to linger in the shadow of a swallow's flight
failed to count every grain of sand and failed to chase the light
failed to follow something slow
failed in wonder and in hope
falied to follwo something slow
failed in wonder, failed in hope