I came into this world with a head full of noise, A pocket full of questions and a secondhand voice. I learned real young what a song could say When I got the nerve to sing it one day. I chased down words like they owed me a dime, Wrote ’em on scraps when I didn’t have time. Every road I took left a mark on me, And every wrong turn, had that broken key. I’m the man behind the words, The heart beneath the song. Every scar I tried to hide Was there all along. I was lookin’ for the truth In every line I wrote, Now I hear my own voice In every single note. I’m a ghost in a melody, That don’t get old. I’m the man behind the words, In the stories I told. I’ve written about lovers I never held, Goodbyes, old towns, and stories people tell. I’ve made up characters and gave ’em my pain, And put my memories in someone else’s name. I’ve been the young man with somewhere to go, And the old man losin’ years he didn’t know. I’ve changed my mind, I’ve changed my tune, But there’s one voice inside, that followed me through. I’m the man behind the words, The heart beneath the song. Every scar I tried to hide Was there all along. I was lookin’ for the truth In every line I wrote, Now I hear my own voice In every single note. I’m a ghost in a melody, That don’t get old. I’m the man behind the words, In the stories I told. Maybe that’s what happens when you live long enough, You quit trying to prove that you’re so tough. You stop hidin’ every scar beneath your sleeve, And let somebody hear what you believe. I don’t need to sound like anybody else, I’ve finally learned to sing about myself. If somebody finds their own life in these lines, Then maybe I got somethin’ right this time. I’m the man behind the words, The heart beneath the song. Every scar I tried to hide, Was there all along. I spent half my life, Listening to a voice. The one inside of me, Givin’ me a choice. I’m the man behind the words, With a lot to say. All the roads I thought were lost Led me here today. Every song I never understood, Every road I shouldn’t have taken, Every word I almost left unwritten… They were all leading me here. To the man… Behind the words.
