A man in Progress - The man I'm becoming

The Man I'm becoming - A man in progress A song about a man's struggle to becoming the man he always wanted to be.. Lyrics: There's a thousand things I'm working toward, A thousand dreams behind a closed door. And sometimes when the whole world sleeps, I'm fighting battles nobody sees. I count the days, I count the years, Build my future out of hopes and fears. Every number, every plan, Trying to become a better man. There's a little more I want to be, A life where time belongs to me. Not just a name on a working day, But someone who didn't give it all away. I've got a world inside my head, A hundred things I haven't said. And though I always seem so sure, There's something in me searching for more. And I don't know if I'll ever find The peace I've been chasing all this time. But there's a reason I keep moving on, Even when the road feels long. I'm still becoming, still on my way, Still chasing tomorrow, still here today. I've got a heart that I hide too well, And a thousand stories I never tell. If all I've built could disappear, If all my plans dissolved in fear, I'd still be standing, I'd still be someone, A father, a husband, a man not done. I'm not the man I thought I'd be, I'm not the man I'm meant to see. But somewhere between the dark and the sun, I'm becoming the man I should become. Two little voices call me home, And suddenly I'm not alone. Small hands reaching, eyes that shine, A thousand reasons to slow down time. One day they'll grow, they'll find their way, And I can't keep the years at bay. So I'll try to be more than the things I earn, More than the lessons I have to learn. I want to give them solid ground, A place where love is always found. And maybe they'll never understand How much was built by their father's hands. But I hope they'll know, when they look at me, That being strong means you can still feel deeply. That a man can stumble, a man can fall, And still be the one who gives his all. And I don't know if I've done enough, Or why the road can feel so rough. But when the world gets cold and hard, I know exactly what I'm fighting for. I'm still becoming, still on my way, Still chasing tomorrow, still here today. I've got a heart that I hide too well, And a thousand stories I never tell. If all I've built could disappear, If all my plans dissolved in fear, I'd still be standing, I'd still be someone, A father, a husband, a man not done. I'm not the man I thought I'd be, I'm not the man I'm meant to see. But somewhere between the dark and the sun, I'm becoming the man I should become. And there's a part of me I can't explain, A quiet fire, a beautiful pain. Some things stay with you, some never leave, Some things you feel but can't quite believe. I've tried to reason with my heart, Tried to understand each broken part. But maybe life was never meant to be A problem waiting for a remedy. Maybe I don't need to know it all, Maybe there's strength in the times I fall. Maybe the life I've been trying to find Is waiting in the moments I leave behind. I'm still becoming, still on my way, Learning to live, not just save the day. I've got a heart that I won't hide forever, And dreams that the years can't sever. And if someday I look behind, At all the roads and all the signs, I hope I'll see through everything I've done That I was enough before I'd won. I'm not just the things I own, Not just the seeds I've ever sown. And when the race is finally run, I hope I loved more than I chased the sun. I'm still becoming, but now I can see, The man I'm searching for is already in me. Through every battle, every rising sun, I'm becoming the man I should become. There's a thousand things I'm working toward, But maybe I don't need a thousand more. Maybe the life I've been dreaming of Is already here... And it's called love.