Verse 1 I look up Don’t expect a sign right now No thunder breakin clouds No answers comin down I just know it’s the right way To set my eyes and stand You face the road you’re travelin Not the dust behind your hand Pre-Chorus Nobody walks backward very long You trip, you stall, you lose your song Where you aim is where you find The shape of things still on your mind Chorus I look up, I line it straight Point my hope where I’m headed, not my weight When the ground feels rough and the sky feels tough I lift my eyes, that’s my ritual, enough I look up, every time Win or lose, I draw the line Where I’m goin starts with how I choose I look up ...yeah that’s my ritual, my truth Verse 2 When I wake, I look up first Before the doubt, before the thirst When I tire, I look up still When the climb costs more than will When I win, I don’t look down When I lose .... and often so I don’t curse the dirt I’m on I check the way I wanna go Pre-Chorus 2 It ain’t magic, ain’t a plea Just alignin what I see A compass doesn’t move the land It just reminds you where to stand Chorus I look up, I line it straight Point my hope where I’m headed, not my weight When the ground feels rough and the sky feels tough I lift my eyes, that’s my ritual, enough I look up, every time Win or lose, I draw the line Where I’m goin starts with how I choose I look up ...yeah that’s my ritual, my truth Bridge Other folks got their habits Lucky charms and things they say Mine don’t promise easy answers Just a better way to stay No smoke, no fire, no vow out loud Just a quiet, steady view I don’t beg the sky to change I change what I’m aimed toward [Break Optional, rhythmic] Head up Eyes forward Feet still move Heart still orders [Final Chorus Lift] I look up, I line it true Every step knows what to do When the dark gets close enough to touch I lift my eyes, that’s my ritual, my crutch I look up, every day Not for proof, just for my way Where I’m goin starts with how I choose I look up ...yeah that’s my ritual Outro I know where I want to be So I face it faithfully No one walks backward very well I look up ....and that’s enough for me
