[Verse 1]
The group were big for just a year and then the whole thing fell
They had nothing to fall back on
They fell pretty hard, as you can tell
And now they're cleaning tables in the local bar
It wasn't all that long ago that they'd be told that they'd go far
She looks down on those who do not look up to her
Oh, she's a head above them all, although she'll never be as tall
And everybody loves her, they think that she is swell
But the one true problem is that she knows it all too well

[Pre-Chorus]
Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you
Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose

[Chorus]
Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake
And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now

[Verse 2]
And he's feeling pretty confident
He thinks his future's made
But all of a sudden the adoration could fade
Now he begs the world to like him, and pretends he likes himself
But he's wasted all his years and now he's sitting on the shelf
And I can try to avoid it
I can push it in the shade
But whether I like it or not there are decisions to be made
I'm really scared a little bridge is all that I will be
They'll tell me I'll be big and then they'll walk all over me
[Pre-Chorus]
But carve out your future, no one else will do it for you
Carve out your future, no one else will do it for you
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose

[Chorus]
Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake
And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now

{Bridge]
Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose?
And can I be sure that I won't end up bruised?
Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose, nothing to lose?
Can I be sure that I won't end up bruised?

[Chorus]
But take life by the handlebars
Take life by the handlebars
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose
Take life by the handlebars and shake, shake, shake
And it is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
And I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got nothing to lose now
I've got nothing to lose