Owen McMahon - The Rivalry Game Lyrics

I grew up with romantic visions like my life was feature film
I'd settle my unfinished business with supernatural acts of will
All the things I loved the best would be things I was born to do
Embrace ambitious expectations and I'd live up to 'em too
When that dreaming don't come true you quickly turn to feeling old
You never thought of nothing else, but you have to now you're told
Compartmentalize shortcomings, get you something else to do
Find your niche and make it quick this world won't wait around for you

And I've heard as you get older you mature and find yourself
But that just feels like surrender, settling for something else
And I know I can't go back to fix the things that turned out wrong
I love the kid I used to be but in a lot of ways he's gone
And I don't wanna live my life trying settle some lost score
About the rivalry game glory that I practiced so hard for
I gotta keep it moving, can't let bitterness take hold
Honor the practice, love and soul over a melody that goes

And the living up to good enough to come up clutch and proving ground becoming
Left me overthinking under pressure, letting down and coming up too small
But I believe that I've got one last chance at something
More than rose-tinted tall tales and a dream bitterly recalled

So come on boys be with me now, the weekend's come along
We will be good someday, I can feel it coming on
Saint Rita if you'd ever hear a prayer from the northeast
This is all that I got left and I gotta try at least
For one last day of summer 'fore the existential fall
We'll have a good hang and a party after pick-up basketball
And salvage some transcendence from a kid's broken dreams
At an open mic on a weekday night singing young man's songs for free