Don't let them in
You'll know what's in your heart and head
The foundation by which you'll stand
So build the platform, take the chance and be willing to look ahead
Are we the first to act and the last to run
When the flood comes pouring in?
Holding on in parking lots where our hearts met the flame
And every crack in the sidewalk
Just a garden for the flowers to bloom
It's not a novelty or some stolen page
To tear up when your legs outgrow the pace
It's that commitment to the road less traveled
I'm going to stand by every word
I'm going to learn to reverse the hurt
I won't stop until every last effort is earned
We will take the hardest roads
Through the worst that we've come to know
And won't stop until a lasting effort is earned
And I saw it in the twilight like a bike tucked against a tree
Forgotten and commonplace in passing like a weed
And I turned to my old man to say
"I love this place but my mind is mine today"
I put my heart into a love that heals
I can walk this on my own, the road less traveled
I'm going to stand by every word
I'm going to learn to reverse the hurt
I won't stop until every last effort is earned
We will take the hardest roads
Through the worst that we've come to know
And won't stop until a lasting effort is earned
Earned, earned, earned
I'll be the last to run
And I'm fucking done hiding from this
I'm going to stand by every word
I'm going to learn to reverse the hurt
I won't stop until every last effort is earned
We will take the hardest roads
Through the worst that we've come to know
And won't stop until a lasting effort is earned
I'll be there after all the goodbyes