“Standing outside the fire;
Standing outside the fire.
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.”

—  Garth Brooks

Standing Outside the Fire, written by Jenny Yates and G. Brooks.
Song lyrics, In Pieces (1993)

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