[Intro | F# Minor | 154 BPM | fingerpicked acoustic guitar, distant banjo, subtle tape texture] They say the world keeps moving. I believe them. I just haven't felt it. [Verse 1 | acoustic guitar, upright bass enters] I watched the years change calendars Without changing me Same four walls Same old battles Same things I couldn't beat I got really good at disappearing Without ever leaving home Learned every crack inside the ceiling Like places I used to roam Everybody talks about their future Like it's waiting down the road Mine keeps sitting on the porch Asking me when I'm coming home [Pre-Chorus | mandolin enters softly] I kept calling it failure Because that's what I was taught But sometimes staying alive Is the only thing you've got [Chorus | full band, gang harmonies] I built a stagnant lifestyle Out of things I couldn't change Out of every door I couldn't open Every road I couldn't take I watched the world keep turning While I stood beside the tracks Waiting for a train that I was scared Would never bring me back But there's still a heartbeat underneath this There's still a fire I can't hide Maybe I wasn't standing still I was trying to survive [Verse 2 | fuzzy electric guitar joins] I remember being sixteen Thinking I knew who I'd become Never thought I'd meet myself again Still waiting at twenty-one Then thirty came like a stranger With my reflection in its eyes Asking where I went And why I stopped trying I carried every me That I thought I left behind The scared kid in the woods And the man afraid to go outside [Pre-Chorus | accordion enters] I kept looking for a reason I kept searching for a sign But some seasons don't explain themselves Until they're left behind [Chorus | bigger arrangement] I built a stagnant lifestyle Out of things I couldn't change Out of every word I swallowed Every feeling I misplaced I watched the world keep turning Like I wasn't even there But a tree doesn't apologize For taking time to repair And there's still a heartbeat underneath this There's still a voice I recognize Maybe I wasn't standing still I was learning to survive [Bridge | B Minor | 124 BPM | stripped acoustic guitar, accordion] The hardest part about being stuck Is everyone thinks you're not trying. They don't see the miles you walk Inside your own mind. They don't see the battles That never make a sound. They just see the person Who hasn't left the house. [Bridge Build | accelerating | banjo tremolo, drums build] But roots don't mean you're buried. Roots mean something stayed alive. [Final Chorus | F# Minor | full band, soaring guitars] This stagnant lifestyle Was never who I was It was just the place I ended up When I ran out of blood And maybe I'll move slower Than the people passing by But I'm still here I'm still learning how to try So let the world keep running Let it leave me in the dust I've been growing in the darkness I've been rebuilding from the rust I thought I was a dead tree I thought nothing lived inside Turns out there was a forest Waiting on the other side [Outro | acoustic guitar only] They say the world keeps moving...
