In A Perfect World (Version 2 Country Metal)

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(Musical Intro)

(Verse 1)
Blueprints are on the table
Every line is a straight
Clean perfect line
The calendar is carved in marble
Thought I had the faultlines timed
Then the ground slid sideways
One phone call and it all bled through
Plans pinned up like targets
Life took aim and cut them in two

I swore I'd never bend
Yeah
I drew that line in the sand
But a wave came crashing in
Now it's washing through my hands—through my hands

(Chorus)
In a perfect world
I'd never break
Every dream lands just where it’s placed
But the edges are brittle and crack
The angles blur
And I trade one path for the one that works
In a perfect world
I'd never yield
I'd hold that line like an iron shield
But I twist
I turn
I scar
I learn
If I wanna stand tall
I gotta take that turn
If I wanna get through
I gotta watch it all burn

(Verse 2)
Tickets are in a drawer
Names etched deep on my tongue
I swore I'd die on that hill
Now I’m walking round the base I once loved
Tore down my own doctrine
Turned those walls to stepping stones
Every failed conviction
Built a crooked road back to home

Thought winning meant one way
All or nothing
Black or white
But the middle cuts both ways
And it still draws blood when I decide—when I decide

(Verse 3)
(Half-time breakdown)
I wanted it all
And I wouldn’t accept any less
But the cost was higher
During the rise
Than the eventual fall
So I cut that wish
Right down the spine—right down
Split the difference
And made the faultline mine

(Musical Solos)

(Outro)
Not the way I drew it
But I'm getting there
Through the smoke and static
I still find the air
In a perfect world
I'd never change
In the real one
I change but stay the same—oh!

(Musical Outro)

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(Musical Intro) (Verse 1) Blueprints are on the table Every line is a straight Clean perfect line The calendar is carved in marble Thought I had the faultlines timed Then the ground slid sideways One phone call and it all bled through Plans pinned up like targets Life took aim and cut them in two I swore I'd never bend Yeah I drew that line in the sand But a wave came crashing in Now it's washing through my hands—through my hands (Chorus) In a perfect world I'd never break Every dream lands just where it’s placed But the edges are brittle and crack The angles blur And I trade one path for the one that works In a perfect world I'd never yield I'd hold that line like an iron shield But I twist I turn I scar I learn If I wanna stand tall I gotta take that turn If I wanna get through I gotta watch it all burn (Verse 2) Tickets are in a drawer Names etched deep on my tongue I swore I'd die on that hill Now I’m walking round the base I once loved Tore down my own doctrine Turned those walls to stepping stones Every failed conviction Built a crooked road back to home Thought winning meant one way All or nothing Black or white But the middle cuts both ways And it still draws blood when I decide—when I decide (Chorus) In a perfect world I'd never break Every dream lands just where it’s placed But the edges are brittle and crack The angles blur And I trade one path for the one that works In a perfect world I'd never yield I'd hold that line like an iron shield But I twist I turn I scar I learn If I wanna stand tall I gotta take that turn If I wanna get through I gotta watch it all burn (Verse 3) (Half-time breakdown) I wanted it all And I wouldn’t accept any less But the cost was higher During the rise Than the eventual fall So I cut that wish Right down the spine—right down Split the difference And made the faultline mine (Musical Solos) (Chorus) In a perfect world I'd never break Every dream lands just where it’s placed But the edges are brittle and crack The angles blur And I trade one path for the one that works In a perfect world I'd never yield I'd hold that line like an iron shield But I twist I turn I scar I learn If I wanna stand tall I gotta take that turn If I wanna get through I gotta watch it all burn (Outro) Not the way I drew it But I'm getting there Through the smoke and static I still find the air In a perfect world I'd never change In the real one I change but stay the same—oh! (Musical Outro)

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