Protected Left - My Worst Nightmare Lyrics

I know some others waste their time
Burn out and leave this life behind
For something simpler
More safe and more secure
Content to let content choke out their fire

At times I fear that I'll fade the same way
That the embers slowly will die out

This is my worst nightmare
To slowly rot away
To watch my efforts compound
As failures every day

Now should I just give up the ghost?
And let this chapter in life close?
Move on to bitter days
A life filled with malaise
Fulfilment seems forever out of reach

Each day one step closer to my own grave
But "you gotta keep on truckin' anyway"