Remember how we used to be
so happy, just naturally?
Now you don't know me like I know you.
This isn't what we had planned,
sticking our heads into the sand.
You can't just sit there
pretending to be unaware.
But you've gotta get stronger
before it's okay.
You've gotta get deeper
before it stays.
You've gotta get wiser
to make a new day,
so I won't turn you away.
You're frozen in my history
when you can make it new for me.
You made it colder, my autumn soldier.
No one else can take the blame.
Now we don't have to stay the same.
The time we spent together,
no one can take away.
But you've gotta work harder
before it's okay.
You've gotta get higher
to make a new day.
You've gotta be a fighter
before it stays,
so I won't turn you away.
Where can we go?
If we don't grow,
we won't get stronger.
And though the river knows,
see it flow.
I can't wait any longer.
But you've gotta get higher
to make a new day.
You've gotta get closer
before love fades.
We've gotta get stronger
before it's okay,
so I won't turn you away.
Before the love fades,
you've gotta get stronger,
so I won't turn you away.