Lyrics
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Kendall Renee, Richard Harris & Warren Sellers
V1:
Why You’re shaking your head at the sky, these trying times.
They look, they look pretty big from your eyes but not mine.
Pre- Ch:
I am your future, I’ve been in your past. I know this is something, I know it won’t last. Don’t fight the storm let it carry you closer to me, & Breathe.
(Chorus):
With every mile that you haven’t seen yet. You’re never alone, just follow my steps. Cus I fought the fight yeah, & you did not lose & I know the race that you’re running, & better is coming.
V2:
Wait, you think you’ve had all you can take but don’t look away. It’s part, it’s just part of the story these pages hold more than today.
(Pre-Chorus) (Same)
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Don’t you get lost in the places you fell. Someday these scars will heal somebody else.
(Drop Chorus)
(Chorus)
Sorry 2 Myself
Kendall Renee
V1:
Hyped me up so high just to kick me down so low. Roller coaster all the time never knew where it would go. But here we, here we are & now I see it. Save it. Save your words, I don’t need it.
I had a lot of questions, no answers came from you. So I gave myself directions & got there quicker too.
You ain’t, you ain’t worth another minute. The only, only thing I should be hearing is
(Chorus):
I’m sorry to myself. I loved you too much it was too bad for my health. Put you up high, put me down onto your shelf.
But I’m the one who set me up to lose.
So I don’t need apologies from you, I’m sorry to myself.
V2:
You said a lot of words, but none of them were true. But now I see the wolf in sheep’s clothing looks like you.
But I don’t, I don’t wanna play the victim. Cus’ loving, loving you was my decision. So
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Do do, do do, do do
I’m sorry to my,
Do do do do do do,
Myself
(Chorus)
Future
Kendall Renee
V1:
Boy I kinda like the way you do this little thing called breathing, breathing.
Kinda freaks me out makes me do this little thing called feeling, feeling.
You stand over there on a fake phone call, I stand over here look away at the wall, but I think you kinda know that you kinda wish you were right here, right here.
No I ain’t the type to be having little heart attacks, relax. I tend to be the one to make fun if you believe in magic, magic.
First time, locked eyes, think you kinda knew. You’ve been looking for me, I’ve been praying for you. It’s kinda hard to hate on fate when you’re looking right at it, at it.
Pre-Chorus 1:
So you keep playing cool just so you know, I call your bluff. So I’ll start writing songs about you now, to get warmed up.
(Chorus):
hey, what can I say, it’s just written on your face. & I don’t even know your name, but I think this could be a thing. Your lookin at your future babe.
V2:
No I ain’t a profit but it’s like a mic drop when your talking to me. Like God called me up on the phone & said “Girl it’s him” just last week.
Now we’re doing pretty good with conversation & catching a glimpse from a safe distance, but you should know that I know that ain’t where this ends.
Pre-Chorus 2:
Now you’re using my name in sentences, with the word “Friend”. But God told me to tell you add a “Girl” in front of it. (Chorus) [Same]
Bridge:
[Same as Chorus]
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la la la x2
(Chorus)
Tag: you’re lookin at your future babe.
Habit
Kendall Renee
(V1):
Everyone’s just trying to pay their dues & make a name, I stumbled upon the oldest player in the game,
I asked him what’s the secret how he found his way,
He smiled at me & said kid just enjoy the crazy train.
Never expect the worst, just look for the best. Then look a little harder if you don’t see nothin’ yet.
There’s always one in front of you & always one behind,
So stop & ask for help then help the next person in line.
(Pre-Chorus):
No it’s not like nicotine,
Or a bottle to empty,
Can’t be found on any screen,
But in a big brown book I read.
(Chorus):
I’m sorry it’s a habit,
I’ll be getting up when life comes down.
I’m sorry it’s a habit,
When everybody runs I stick it out.
Every mountaintop starts here on the ground,
Where I wanna be, starts with where I am right now.
I’ll go until I have it.
I’m making it a habit.
(V2):
He said listen kid I know right where you’re at I’ve been around, darkness seems to chase the light & might just put you out.
A grenade is pretty small until you learn just what’s inside one & matches never learn to burn until you learn to light one.
(Pre- Chorus):
No it’s not like nicotine,
Or a bottle to empty,
Can’t be seen on any screen,
But in that big brown book, I read.
(Chorus):
I’m sorry it’s a habit,
I’ll be getting up when life comes down.
I’m sorry it’s a habit,
When everybody runs I stick it out.
Every mountaintop starts here on the ground,
Where I wanna be, starts with where I am right now.
I’ll go until I have it.
I’m making it a habit.
(Bridge):
Start engraving in your brain. Have a tendency to say, hey.
(Drop Chorus):
I’m making it a habit & I’ll be getting up when life comes down,
I’m making it a habit,
When everybody runs I stick it out.
(Chorus):
I’m making it a habit, gotta learn to crawl before I run.
I’m making it a habit, I ain’t gonna stop until I’m done.
Every mountaintop is a slow climb & I’ve got so much time.
I’m making it a habit.
Original
Kendall Renee
V1:
Hey you, I know you. No need to hide behind the mask, I’ve got one too.
I know that face, seems like just yesterday & I know the ground you stand like the back of my hand.
Pre-Chorus 1:
& I know sometimes you wanna give up, but lookin’ in your eyes all I see is tough.
(Chorus):
Cus’ you’re never all alone & one day you’ll be full grown. In a world full of the same ol’ thing, it’s easy to feel like the one black sheep. But pay no mind to the bricks they throw, cus’ girl you got a different road. There’s nothin’ wrong with original.
Ohh original.
V2:
You may be small, but Lord knows you’re strong. You can redefine the princess way, it’s your own dragons that you’ll slay.
So just take it all day by day, don’t compare your path to the ones paved straight. The mountains in your way, they can only make you brave.
Pre-Chorus 2:
& I know sometimes you wanna give up, but lookin’ in your eyes oh I’ve seen enough.
(Chorus) (Same)
Bridge:
You’re original, you got a lot on your two shoulders, girl I know that it gets old.
But you’re original, you’re wise beyond your fears, resilient beyond your years.
& I know sometimes you wanna give up, but look in my eyes, I can promise this much.
(Chorus) (Same)
Wise beyond your fears, resilient beyond your years. Don’t forget you’re original.
Your Song
Kendall Renee
V1:
Listen close cus’ I’m gonna learn you somethin’ sweet. A little wisdom for the road, know what I mean? A lesson I learned not in the words that you’d speak, but the way you lived said everything to me.
It’s a tale of hardworking hands & unpaved streets. Building foundations though your own was crumbling. Takin’ yourself straight from the bottom to the top & earning every penny that you got.
(Chorus):
Don’t know if they have country songs in heavens gates, but I’ve got no doubts that’s where your hangin’ out today. I’m so glad you ended up where you belong & just so you know, this is your song.
V2:
You showed that it ain’t in how many times you fall, but it’s learnin’ how to crawl.
& it didn’t matter if you had a horse to get back on but you road on, you road on. Well you road on, you road on.
(Chorus)
V3:
I wish that I could say this song took your ol’ breath away, but it was the radiation & the pain. Cancer took down your ol’ flesh & bone, but nothin’ in this world could touch that soul. No nothin’ could ever touch that soul.
(Chorus)
But just so you know this is your song & it’s a song I wrote for a good Grandpa.
White Out
Kendall Renee
V1:
Thought I was a genius. Some kind of Mozart. When I went & played you the inside of my heart.
I went all Elton John & it was your song, but now it’s like nails on chalkboards trying to make it stop.
(Chorus):
Now it’s like ooh, ooh, ooh I wanna unwrite, unwrite your love song. Ooh, ooh, ooh I’m takin’ white out, blotting the words out, they were all wrong.
V2:
Yeah you know I’m sorry for taking it all back. But the words are so cheesy, it makes me queazy just thinkin’ of what we had.
When I pledged my heart to thou, well let’s clear that up right now. I was just love drunk, said I’d never give up, but I’m so hung over now.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
I wish I could say it was a fairy tale & I hate to say it but that ship has sailed.
This is the part where I’m takin’ it back, the lyrics are different the beat doesn’t drag. But before you go I got one thing to say, yours is the song I will never replay & I’m sorry but it’s true. I sound better without you.
(Drop Chorus)
(Chorus)
Know My Name
Kendall Renee
V1:
To the guy who saw me as a friend. I would’ve died, just to turn your head back then. You’d pick the girls with the flashy attitudes & I’d sit in the back of the room, writing songs all about you.
Yeah it was sad how they’d always overlook the one heart they coulda just reached out & took. But I remember that song that I used to play. I’d picture him hearing the words one day, up in lights, let it sink in when I say.
(Chorus):
You’re gonna know my name, you’re gonna know my name. You’re gonna stop dead in your tracks when you see my face one day. You’re gonna know my name, you’re gonna know my name. You’re gonna wish you’d paid attention, & the only way you’ll learn your lessons’ when my song is on replay. You’re gonna know my name.
V2:
It’s funny how everyone starts to listen when you come around & you’ve grown into your skin. But back before it was cool I was singin’ my song & you didn’t show any interest at all, so don’t think you’re gonna show up now nah awe.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Oh, you’ll be callin’ me up. When you see my name in lights, will it finally be enough?
(Drop Chorus):
Now that he knows my name, now that he knows my name. I bet it just dawned on him that he kinda likes my face. Now that he knows my name, now that he knows my name. I bet you now he pays attention, can’t get my song out of his head. Can’t get my song out of his head, it’s always on replay.
He won’t forget my name.
Dear God
Kendall Renee
V1:
Dear God, will you just stay with me tonight? Dear God, will you just sit right by my side? Cus’ my pride is just no more, & now my knees have hit the floor & I’m so tired.
I know you’re there God, no I’m not talking to a wall, I’ve seen you here before, in every single fall. I’ve stumbled many times, but when it got down to the wire, there you are, with ever open arms.
(Chorus):
It’s a vicious cycle on repeat, the world proves a little much for me. I try to do it on my own, but out here on this open road, I get lost where only you can see. So dear God I surrender everything, just don’t let go of me.
V2: Hey God, I don’t deserve to ask a thing, of the one who, gave his life to set me free, & I know you have felt this pain, in everything you gave, all you had so that I’d be clean.
Oh God, can you see the mess I’ve made? Tryin’ to do this on my own, instead of trusting in your ways. I’m sorry I forgot, & I’ve been stuck here tryin’ to start, something that was finished on that cross.
(Chorus)
Bridge: Don’t let go, don’t let go. Jesus don’t let go, don’t let go of me.
Don’t let go, don’t let go. Jesus don’t let go, don’t let go of me.
(Chorus)
Braver
Kendall Renee
V1:
When it feels like, you’re walking to your ending. When you are afraid, but you’re so good at pretending. You don’t even shout, cus’ nobody is listening to your song, & they can’t sing along.
When you’re just waiting, to hear the words you’ve been anticipating. You know it’s not your turn yet to start breaking all apart no, cus’ then they can see your heart.
(Chorus):
You’re braver, you’re stronger than you know & you’re not breaking,
You take hold of your armor now & face it,
When overwhelming grace is on your side, you choose to stand up straight, & you look fear in the face.
V2:
When the world feels like its on another team & you are all alone, & you just don’t know the reason for these mountains, the ones that you’ve been climbin’ & you’re tired, tired of survivin’.
So you just tread on, looking for a place to rest your head on, when a steady voice hits home that says you are strong. Settle down love, it won’t be like this for long.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Well you find out just how strong you are when it’s the only choice you have,
but I know that it’s something more & it’s bigger than myself. Tells me to dry my tears, & for a second I believe…
(Soft chorus)
(Chorus)
Take A Bow
Kendall Renee
V1:
It pains me to think that a love once so sweet is just riddles & rhymes to me now. Believe me I cried, was as if someone died, but I guess that’s just how things go down.
Pre-Chorus 1:
Wasn’t you, wasn’t me, just wasn’t meant to be & I could kick myself for it now.
But you never think that your lovely daydreams gonna hold you under to drown.
(Chorus):
So pull the curtain, fade the screen black, turn the lights way down. This shows over, hit the road sir, but before you go take a bow.
V2:
I wish it could be, the kind of ending, we’d frolic off as the sun is coming down. But this ain’t Disney & you don’t get. Shoe don’t fit & I can’t just hang around.
Pre-chorus2:
Well we had a good run, the rehearsal was fun & you played your part made em’ proud. But don’t you thank me, thank the academy cus’ you got that acting thing down.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Well as the curtain falls, hear the the roar of applause. They all stand as it fades to real life. But as the music subsides, no you won’t see me cry I’ll be smilin’ & Wavin’ goodbye.
(Chorus)
Tonight
Kendall Renee
V1:
I’ll always tell the world that I’m just fine,
I’ll call & make sure everyone’s alright,
I’ll wipe your tears when I got my own to dry, I’ll fix it all, just not tonight.
I’ll give out my steady sound advice,
add to your cup, pour out of mine.
Fill everybody up like a soup kitchen line,
all the time, just not tonight.
(Chorus):
Tonight I am so over trying,
Tonight I am just getting by,
Tonight I’m not such a good liar.
V2:
I’ll fix my face, look good on the outside.
Glitter every scar I’ve got to hide.
You put me on a pedastool so high,
ask me to fly, not tonight.
Everything is never what it seems,
got lost in the illusion of my dreams.
Just trying to make everyone else happy,
rest my mind, tonight.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Spinning my four wheels just trying to show the world that I got this.
But I’m starting to feel like maybe a long time ago I lost it all.
(Chorus)
Guitar
Kendall Renee
V1:
Saved up for a year, just to go and pick you out. Didn’t know what I was looking for but oh you just stood out, when I saw you, you saw me too.
Best couple hundred dollars, that I ever did spend. Sure others sounded better, but oh my mind was set, oh I just knew, & away we flew.
Pre-Chorus 1:
& all the nights you let me cry on you at 3 AM, the nights when this ol’ piece of wood & steel, came’ my best friend.
(Chorus):
Cus’ you gave me a voice that I never knew I had, calloused fingers on these strings while my heart was blue & black, but even if it all just falls apart, I would still choose this, guitar.
V2:
A fret for every dagger felt when people let me down, a string for every lesson learned, the ride, the ups & downs. Whether I win or lose, I still got you.
Well people they tell stories, & they aren’t always true, they can never keep their word, they can never stay in tune, its noting new, but I trust you.
Pre-chorus 2:
When everything was slipping, I held tight onto your neck. Straight out of your sound hole, & away my problems went.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Guitar, another one bites the dust.
Guitar, he played with my heart for fun.
Guitar, another failed attempt at love, but this guitars’ the closest that I’ve come.
V3:
Well someday if I’ve made it & my closets full of Martins, well sure that sounds real nice but I won’t forget where it started.
(Chorus)
Believe
Kendall Renee
V1: So you’re tired of being tough. So you fell will you get up?
The struggles knocked you to your knees, your broken strings & your pipe dreams. They could be real one day, they could be real one day.
So you got punched in the face. The whole in your chest empty space. The warrior insides afraid, but you are stronger than you think. & you’re gonna shine one day, come back from all this pain.
(Chorus)
V2: Where’s the sunshine in your smile? Your eyes are tired from the fight. You scream & yell “why” at the sky, you blame Him for your trying times. But He’s gonna make you strong & put you where you belong.
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Your broken heart, your broken strings. You can fight on, if you believe.
That you’re gonna shine one day, you’re gonna shine one day.
(Chorus)
Tag: So you’re tired of being tough. So you fell, Will you get up?