6. Can't control the wind

[Intro] [overdriven electric guitar riff, acoustic guitar strumming, driving drums] [Verse 1] [bass and drums continue] Dust cloud rising Black sky rolling County line disappeared behind me Radio static Thunder talking Something bigger than me tonight [electric guitar lead fill] [Chorus] [full band, heavy distortion on guitar] Spent too many years trying to hold back rain Shaking my fist at the clouds, cursing every chain Every roadblock, every hard turn, every lesson I refused to learn Till the storm came through and stripped me clean Showed me what control really means The wind don't care what I planned today It'll take it all away I can't control the wind But I can set my sails Can't stop the waves that keep the river on its rails When the sky turns black and the lightning nails the night I lean into the storm instead of running for my life The wind's gonna blow no matter how I feel So I point this heart forward and let the journey steer the wheel [Verse 2] [acoustic guitar and light percussion] Face down in the dirt trying to move a mountain Seen hard luck win when the odds said doubt it I've been both sides of that fire before Bleeding my pride across a hardwood floor Funny how freedom starts to arrive The moment you stop demanding life comply The wind don't care who wins or fails It's all about the sails [Chorus] [full band energy] I can't control the wind But I can set my sails Can't stop the waves that keep the river on its rails When the sky turns black and the lightning nails the night I lean into the storm instead of running for my life The wind's gonna blow no matter how I feel So I point this heart forward and let the journey steer the wheel [Bridge] [music pulls back, electric guitar swells] Maybe the lesson was never about control Maybe the beauty lives inside letting go Every scar, every bend, just another gust Pushing me ahead [Guitar Solo] [distorted electric guitar solo with bluesy bends and fast runs] I can't control the wind No, I can't control the wind But I can choose who I become when it comes [Outro] [heavy guitar riffing] I can't control the wind But I can set my sails Can't stop the waves that keep the river on its rails Every storm I survived made me harder than before Now the same wind that tried to break me Carries me home The wind keeps blowing I keep going [final electric guitar chord rings out]