I wonder if when all is done

Anyone heard my voice

But from the start we have no choice

Our journeys just begin

I'll never know if I was right

Did I fight hard enough?

When the battles grew too rough

Should I have given in?

But here I stand and swear to you

I did the best that I could do...

I know my voice was just a whisper

But someone may have heard

There were nights the moon above me stirred,

And let me grab a hold

My hands have touched the gold

My hearts been driven by extremes

Blind with dreams, tight with fear

But still God knows that I was hear

And I was so alive

And now I lay the past to rest

For in the end I did my best

You have to live the life you're given

And never close your eyes

You hold on, and stare into the sky,

And burn against the cold

For any moment, you might find the gold!

And there was joy

Through it all

And I am standing tall

I know my voice was just a whisper

But someone must have heard

There were nights the moon above me stirred,

And let my light take hold

I'd rode across that sky

And once I touched the gold

Here in my own two hands

I once had the gold