Handlebars

[Verse 1]

The group were big for just a year and then the whole thing fell

They had nothing to fall back on

They fell pretty hard, as you can tell

And now they're cleaning tables in the local bar

It wasn't all that long ago that they'd be told that they'd go far

She looks down on those who do not look up to her

Oh, she's a head above them all, although she'll never be as tall

And everybody loves her, they think that she is swell

But the one true problem is that she knows it all too well

[Pre-Chorus]

Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you

Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose

[Chorus]

Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake

And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now

[Verse 2]

And he's feeling pretty confident

He thinks his future's made

But all of a sudden the adoration could fade

Now he begs the world to like him, and pretends he likes himself

But he's wasted all his years and now he's sitting on the shelf

And I can try to avoid it

I can push it in the shade

But whether I like it or not there are decisions to be made

I'm really scared a little bridge is all that I will be

They'll tell me I'll be big and then they'll walk all over me

[Pre-Chorus]

But carve out your future, no one else will do it for you

Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose

[Chorus]

Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake

And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now

{Bridge]

Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose?

And can I be sure that I won't end up bruised?

Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose, nothing to lose?

Can I be sure that I won't end up bruised?

[Chorus]

But take life by the handlebars

Take life by the handlebars

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose

Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake

And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make

And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now

I've got nothing to lose