Over the Hill

Scaling the mountain, I have given up my pride
 and I'm clinging to this rocky edge, a rose thorn in my side
 It's fabled contradiction,
 it's bitter sweet and blind
 And I'm balancing the mountain
 of compromise
 I went over the hill to be with you
 I went over the hill
 I am over the hill to be with you
 Am I holding on to lies or holding onto life?
 Standing in position objectivity goes by
 'cause it's hard to ignore losing when you're winning all the time
 and the weight of this too heavy,
 the ceiling far too low
 This commitment is restraining
 and I can't grow
 I went over the hill,
 over the hill
 I am over the hill to be with you
 Am I holding on to life or holding onto lies?
 In retrospect in your absence my disposition's gone
 as I close my eyes to search for treasure in what I once lost
 I let go of the noose and breath again
 I am falling from the game and mending a foot (?)