Almost There

Motivated by ambition and unrelenting drive

Doing everything I can to keep my drive alive

But there's been no validation and I only feel deprived

I'm almost there yet never quite

I've seen it in the distance, I've seen the end in sight

Stays within my vision when I go to bed at night

But when I get up in the morning it is gone and that's my plight

I'm almost there yet never quite

Like the skier in the slalom who missed the final gate

Being left to think if life is truly fair

Like the swimmer in the last lap who touched the wall too late

I'm almost there yet never quite

Almost there and yet not quite ever there

To get to where you want to is a never-ending race

You put in all this effort just to barely keep the pace

And every time I see a doorway it gets slammed in my face

I'm almost there yet never quite

For all the steps I've taken there's a million more to go

For all the progress that I've made it's going real slow

For I depend on some gatekeeper who's always saying no

I'm almost there yet never quite

Like the skier in the slalom who missed the final gate

Being left to think if life is truly fair

Like the swimmer in the last lap who touched the wall too late

I'm almost there yet never quite

Almost there and yet not quite ever there

Ever there

I made a lot of strides but it never seems to be

Enough to really turn the tide, a harsh reality

And if that becomes my epitaph what a real tragedy

To be almost there, yet never quite

Like the skier in the slalom who missed the final gate

Being left to think if life is truly fair

Like the swimmer in the last lap who touched the wall too late

I'm almost there yet never quite

Almost there yet never quite

Almost there yet never quite

Almost there and yet not quite ever there, ever there, ever there