settle for less

when did you decide to settle for less,
when did you just give up,
did you ever really try,
did you give up before you even started,
you believed all the lies they told you,
never thought you deserved anything more,
went for the path of least resistance,
only took what they offered,
never fought for anything more,
washed up/never been right out of the gate,
you never even gave yourself a chance,
at least you were consistent,
shooting yourself in the foot at every turn,
you told me long ago you'd be different,
didn't want to live a life of quiet desperation,
but look at you know,
no longer so loud and brave,
what happened along the way,
what made you decide to just give in,
what happened to all that potential,
the endless horizons and the dreams,
the bravado of youth,
gagged and tucked away somewhere,
the only thing you ever really had,
and you threw it all away for what,
so now what do you do kid,
wasting away your days
in a drunken haze,
because you can't stand what you've become,
never thought I'd see this,
can't believe you folded so easy,
thought you'd fight to the end,
but turns out you never even started.