Standing in the shade of a childhood tree

I'd be up in those branches but they won't hold me

Grandma's backyard seemed bigger back then

Making me wish I was little again

Driving through familiar streets

Peace of mind still out of reach

Oh, I ain't even close

To what I thought I'd know

I've been chasing ghosts

But I just wound up haunted

Got everything I wanted

Now I don't want it

So I try to find the start again

Sort through all the me's I've been

Did I leave 'em with my friends

On the road to satisfaction?

Thinking I'll be happy when those flowers bloom

While I'm staring out the window

Forgetting I'm still standing in the room

Hanging on the wall are the things that I've done

All the mountain-top moments

All the trophies I've won

But nothing in a frame's gonna make me whole

Just man-made prizes for a man-made goal

Oh, I ain't even close

To what I thought I'd know

I've been chasing ghosts

But I just wound up haunted

Got everything I wanted

Now I don't want it

So I try to find the start again

Sort through all the me's I've been

Did I leave 'em with my friends

On this road to satisfaction?

Thinking I'll be happy when those flowers bloom

While I'm staring out the window

Forgetting I'm still standing in the room

And maybe I'll be satisfied with the next one

The next relationship, the next award

The next opportunity, the next home

And maybe then

all of this wanting will want to leave me alone

And I won't find it wherever I go

'Cause I'm losing myself as I try and cross the next door

My eyes find the window, my knees find the floor

I realize wanting never becomes having

It just becomes wanting more

'Cause this world is full of windows

And their glass full of lies

They promise contentment in all you haven't tried

Happiness found in what you have and consume

Do not live for these windows

Learn to be content in your room

When my back's all bent and my hair turns grey

If I'm lucky enough to see that day

Will I feel content or will I still want more?

Or will I have built a life worth dying for?