LilacSori - What Really Matters

I chased the lights, I climbed so highDreams in gold, stars in my eyeBut empty rooms and silent phonesLeft me standing all aloneFriends fade, fame liesMoney burns and time fliesI lost myself in wanting moreBut now I’m asking what it’s forWhat really matters at the end of the road?Is it love I gave or the power I showed?Is it hands I held when I couldn’t cope,Or trophies stacked to prove some hope?Tell me now before I’m gone —What really matters all along?Dad’s old voice still in my head“Son, be kind before you're dead”But I was chasing things so fastDidn’t know that youth won’t lastWas it worth the tears and fights?Trading peace for sleepless nightsIf I could go and start againI’d hold my people tight, not fameWhat really matters when the lights go dim?Is it the cheers or those who stayed with him?Is it the laughs around a table bare,Or suits and lies and corporate stares?Look inside, before it's gone —You’ll find what mattered all along