Step by step I come closer to reaching the top
Every step must be placed so that I don't fall off
Looking down to see about how much higher I am
Another cool wind comes through, brushes my skin
Oh, the harder I push the tension does grow
I gather my thoughts the further and further I go
With some luck I just might keep on climbing
So better to climb than to face a fall (face a fall)

So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now
Must keep climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb (So high the climb)
Can't turn back now
Must keep climbing up to the clouds

Oh pulling myself up by a rop I better my view
The only thing in sight is what I must do
As I turned I could see myself falling, falling, falling
Which in return gave me strength for the climb

So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can't turn back now)
Must keep climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can't turn back now)
Must keep climbing up to the clouds

Although the many failed
I must now prevail with no question
Have no time to stop
Onward to the top of the mountain
And I, I can't turn back now
It's so very high but I can't turn back now
If I keep it up, I'm gonna make it
I'm so very close can't you see

So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can't turn back now)
Must keep climbing up to the clouds
So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can't turn back now)
Must keep climbing up to the clouds

So high the climb (So high the climb)
I can't turn back now (can't turn back now)
Must keep climbing up to the clouds

Getting closer
Getting closer
Coming closer
Getting closer

Looking back to
Looking back to you
Looking back to
Looking back to you
Looking back to
Looking back to you
Looking back to

(To the top, to the top, to the top, to the top)
Climb up to the top, to the top, to the top
Looking back to you
Looking back to
Looking back to you


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The Climb Lyrics as written by Eric Stefani

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    It's about hiking.

    seeingon February 14, 2015   Link

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