[Verse 1 – low and steady, like a fuse being lit]
How many chances did you waste
Waiting for a sign,
Waiting for the perfect mood,
The perfect plan, the perfect line?
How many wins did you watch walk by
‘Cause you were scared to lose loud?
Kept your light in your pocket
While you clapped for the crowd.
[Pre-Chorus – heartbeat rhythm, rising urgency]
You don’t rise when you feel like it.
You rise when you don’t.
You don’t push when it’s easy —
You push ‘cause it won’t.
[Chorus – powerful, crashing drums, repeated phrases for anchoring]
What if there’s not a next time?
Would you hold back still?
What if there’s not a next time?
Would you wait until...
Everything’s lined up just right?
Or would you pour your soul into this fight?
This is it. This is now. This is real.
Don’t wait for the moment — BE the reveal.
[Verse 2 – sharper, faster delivery with conviction]
Every breath is a borrowed flame.
Every shot’s a whispered name.
And when the bell rings,
Ain’t no promise it swings again.
So grip it like your life depends —
‘Cause maybe it does.
The future ain’t guaranteed.
It’s just built by the ones who show up.
[Bridge – silence drops in, spoken like a vow]
You treat every door like it might close forever.
You treat every stage like your voice is the lever.
You treat this second like the only one you get.
Because one day…
It will be.
[Final Chorus – with choir backing, building into triumph]
What if there’s not a next time?
Then this one has to count.
What if this IS your last line?
Then let it scream, not shout.
Give it fire. Give it weight. Give it scars.
Leave this world with no unused bars.
'Cause this could be the first… or the last.
But you never know 'til the moment has passed.
[Outro – quiet guitar, echo of first line returns]
What if there’s not a next time?
Good.
That means you give everything to this one.
BrandonJamesBand
