Will I ever live for someone else, or Will I climb the second mountain, by myself By myself Will I ever die and people find me Will I go quiet surrounded, by myself By myself Mother came without me And lay my body down Will I be your burden Or jewels within your crown I could live Holding you Will I ever know my children crying Will I be there to hold them, by myself By myself Will I ever know my brother's pain Will I sit with him and hear it, by myself By myself Mother came without me And lay my body down Will I be your burden Or jewels within your crown I could live Holding you Will I ever be my father's son Will I fall from the family tree, by myself By myself Will I ever reach the highest peak, or Will I stay here in the clouds, by myself By myself Mother came without me And lay my body down Will I be your burden Or jewels within your crown I could live Holding you I could live Holding you I could live Holding you Will I ever live for someone else, or Will I climb By myself