it took a long time to get here

[Billy]

it took a long time to get here

i could look back
to see all the wrong turns
the days just waiting

for something to happen
then pushing the button
to see the results

the consequences
that weren't a teacher
but a taskmaster

I carried the load
and in my bravado said,
is that all you've got?

give me more
the measure I was given
never enough

now it's a treasure
that never needed a map
I was always there