In a little while The lines will deepen on our faces As the longest mile Begins to circle home Can't help thinking that We regulate our deepest feelings Like a thermostat To match our comfort zone As we stand here toe to toe If you kiss me now I'll know That our happiness is just a matter of permission If not now when It's now or never We've just one life to live together So little time to stop and mourn What might have been If not now when It's now or never All things must end There's no forever So little time to stop and mourn What might have been If not now when In a little while Our world will crack in hairline traces Like a crooked smile A Mona Lisa grin At the very end I'll liberate these inhibitions But I can't pretend It's easy to begin Cause the devil that disturbs Daring acts and candid words Is the part of me that worries it's too late to love you Maybe on another day Always something in the way Now I realize that life is one long string of somethings