[Intro] (Heavy, slow foot-stomping beat) (Fast, bright acoustic banjo rolls in) [Verse 1] Alarm goes off in the dead of the dark No choir singing, no beautiful spark Just the cold hard floor and a cup of black coffee Ain't nobody coming out here to get me off the Hook of the day, the weight of the sun The race doesn't care if you don't wanna run [Pre-Chorus] (Beat speeds up, driving bass kicks in) Wipe the sweat from your eyes, put your head down low You can’t rush the river, you just let it flow One foot, two foot, heavy on the dirt You gotta earn the healing, you gotta earn the hurt [Chorus] (Explosive energy, massive kick drum, gang-vocal harmonies) Cause you can’t buy the mountain, you gotta climb the rock You can’t beat the sunrise, you gotta beat the clock It ain't about the glory or the gold you hope to find The magic isn't at the top, the magic is the grind Yeah, the magic is the grind! [Verse 2] (Stripped back to just bass and rhythmic vocals) Look at the oak tree standing so tall It took a hundred years just to conquer the fall It didn't skip a season, it didn't skip a day It just dug its roots deeper down in the clay So pick up the shovel, brother, pick up the plow The only way to tomorrow is straight through the now [Chorus] (Full arrangement, soaring pedal steel joins the banjo) Cause you can’t buy the mountain, you gotta climb the rock You can’t beat the sunrise, you gotta beat the clock It ain't about the glory or the gold you hope to find The magic isn't at the top, the magic is the grind Yeah, the magic is the grind! [Bridge] (Half-time feel, heavy and gritty) Brick by brick. Mile by mile. Wipe the dirt off your face and give 'em a smile. (Drum fill) [Outro] (Banjo fading out over a solo foot-stomp) Keep on walking. Keep on digging. The magic is the grind. (Stop)