It’s The Only One You’ve Got

by Elvis Costello

How do you know where you're goin',
When you don't know where you've been?
You hide the shame that you're not showin',
And you won't let anyone in.
A crowded street can be a quiet place
When you're walking alone.
Now you think that you're the only one
Who doesn't have to try,
Then you wont have to fail.
If you're afraid to fly,
Then I guess you never will.
You hide behind your walls of maybe nevers
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better.
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not.
You've got to live this life you're given
Like its the only one you've got.
Memories have left you broken
And the scars have never healed.
The emptiness in you is growing
With so little left to feel.
You're scared to look back on the days before,
And too tired to move on.
Now you think that you're the only one
Who doesn't have to try,
Then you won't have to fail.
If you're afraid to fly,
Then I guess you never will.
You hide behind your walls of maybe nevers
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better.
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not.
You've got to live this life you're given,
like its the only one you've got
What would it take
To get you to say that I'll try?
What would you say
If this was the last day of your life?
You hide behind your walls of maybe nevers
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better.
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not.
You've got to live this life you're given,
like its the only one you've got.
You hide behind your walls of maybe nevers
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better.
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not.
You've got to live this life you're given
like its the only one you've got.
------------------------ Never - [TRADUCCION] - neveR ------------------------
Como sabes donde te vas,
Cuando no sabes donde as ido
Ocultas la vergüenza
que no quieres enseñar
y no dejas entrar a nadie.
Una calle abarrotada
puede ser un lugar silencioso
donde tu caminas solo.
Y ahora piensas
que eres el único
que no,
tienes... que intentar,
y no tendrás.. que sentir,
si tienes miedo a luchar,
entonces sé que nunca vendrás.
Tu te ocultas entre tus muros
que quizás… nunca.
Ocultando que hay algo mas,
que es justo saber mejor.
Tus errores no te definen ahora,
te dicen quien NO eres.
Tienes que vivir esta vida que te dan
como si fuera lo unico que tienes.
Los recuerdos
te han dejado destrozado,
y las cicatrices nunca se curarán.
La soledad en ti esta creciendo
pero tampoco deja llenarse.
Estas asustado el mirar atrás
en dias pasados,
estas demasiado cansado
para seguir adelante
Para conseguir decirte,
que lo intentaré…
y te diré si este
fue el ultimo día de tu vida.
Tu te ocultas entre tus muros
De quizás nunca
Olvidando que hay mucho mas!
Que es justo saber mejor
Tus errores no te definen ahora,
te dicen quien no eres.
Tienes que vivir esta vida que te dan
Como si fuera lo unico que tienes.