i lost a bet

well it seems i lost a bet when i was just a boy, these trees, they wrap around me and i couldn't touch the floor, but i suppose if i had everything and everything had me, then i would be a dreamer but dreams don't mean a thing, but i'm forced to hear a whisper blowing with the wind, if all i could do was witness then i would be a king, now we're all wrapped up in a story, some stories never get told, and this one, it feels like a movie, a movie that i can't control, 'cause so far i've been tempted by the silver plated dreams, i've been such a fool for colors, now i can't see a thing, but i'm forced to hear a whisper frozen in the wind, if all i could do was witness then i would be a king