should you let the chance slip to see it crack as it hits the floor you can t hold on to it and hang on to what you had before decisions hang in the air you leave them swinging back and forth one thousand reasons to stay one thousand reasons to come away one thousand reasons to hold on to what you have got in this life anyway i push for what i really want so it moves away from me it s like you set your heart on ice and set a date when you ll melt it free everything you really feel will remain a mystery one thousand reasons to stay one thousand reasons to come away one thousand reasons to hold on to what you have got in this world anyway anyway just anyway you can one thousand reasons to stay one thousand reasons to come away one thousand reasons to hold on to what you have got in this life anyway