Everything started out so well
We were on top of the world
We had every reason to believe it was our year
And so it was for a time
Started out hot, began the year strong
But little did we know
It wasn’t going to last

We didn’t do our part
Weren’t able to finish out on top
Opportunity was squandered
Advantages lost
We did everything in our power
To piss away everything that we had worked so hard for

We focused on the results
And not on the process
We suffered for it and are disappointed
Who are we to blame?
It can only be ourselves
Kept shooting ourselves in the foot
We were cocky and arrogant
Thinking we had done well

And so we did but we let up
We didn’t do our part
Didn’t maintain our effort
Lost our focus
And we suffered for it
We brought it on ourselves
We didn’t control the one thing we could control

We thought we’d done enough
Thought we could coast
But that’s not how life works
You can’t expect to be blessed
If you aren’t doing your best
You won’t find what you’re looking for
If you don’t do your part

A lesson learned
One that didn’t need to be taught
We should’ve stayed humble
Continued doing what we needed to do
It shouldn’t have been so hard to maintain our focus
But we got a big head, and lost sight of our goals
Hubris was our downfall
For a second we forgot who we are

It was a good year, but it could’ve been great
If we had only maintained our pace
It we had only stayed consistent
Put in a full body of work
Our lesson has been learned

You can’t slow down
You can’t coast, not then or now
We started out strong, but we fizzled out
Ran out of steam
Look where we are now

Never again will we forget who we are
Never again will be put in less than our best
We need to maintain our pace and keep it steady
Start strong and end strong
There’s no other way
We won’t fall for the trap
Won’t disappoint ourselves again
There’s no worse feeling
Than being the reason that we failed