"Defeatist"

You try so hard
At the outset
The beginning of the race
But then lose heart
When the pain sets in
You can't keep up the pace

You make excuses
And they're good ones, that's for sure
But that path is useless
Drawing circles, that's no cure

So you can never know
How far you can go
If you don't test it
Start investing
In the one that you do you control
It's your attitude that dictates where you'll go
Oooh, oooh

When your life's
Depleted
You're at half tank and half mast
But the only thing you're mourning
Is the outcome of the past

You're never quite defeated
Till your own lots, you have cast

So you can never know
How far you can go
If you don't test it
Start investing
In the one that you do you control
It's your attitude that dictates where you'll go
Oooh, oooh
Don't lose hope
Oooh, oooh

You trip and fall
And say "that's all
The strength I have in me."
But you'll lay right there
Going nowhere
If you don't get up on your feet