Top of the World

I've tried to cut these corners

Try to take the easy way out

I kept on falling short of something

I coulda gave up then but

Then again I couldn't have 'cause

I've traveled all this way for something

Now take it in but don't look down

'Cause I'm on top of the world,

I'm on top of the world

Waiting on this for a while now

Paying my dues to the dirt

I've been waiting to smile

Been holding it in for a while

Take it with me if I can

Been dreaming of this since a child

I'm on top of the world. 

- Imagine Dragons, "On Top of the World" 

Might Drag You Down

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found.

- Phillip Phillips, "Home"

Distance

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. 

- Steve Prefontaine

How Far I Haven't Come

Every mile, a memory; every song, another scene,
From some old movie going back in time you and me.
Every day, a page turned down; every night, a lonesome sound,
Like a freight train rollin' through my dreams:
Every mile, a memory.

Funny how no matter where I run,
Round every bend I only see,
Just how far I haven't come.

~Dierks Bentley, Every Mile a Memory