What if I didn't have to try

What if
I was already where I thought I should be
No mountains to climb and no skies to fly
What if
When I opened my eyes
I saw paradise
What if
When I looked deep enough inside
I saw someone like I really liked
What if
I was already there
What if
She was already here
The girl I knew when I was a child
Innocent and ready and wild
What if
There was nothing to fear
What if
I found no reasons for tears
What if
I was lost before I was alive
If I gave up long before I died
She will never cease to believe
She will never cease trying to be
And if she awoke and the world gave her the key
She would run with it and her dreams would conceive
But for now
It's just me
Holding my breath and hoping, holding
On to what could be