Red Dirt Living (Olde Oak/Natalie Fades Collab)

[Intro] [percussive acoustic guitar strumming, kick drum on every beat, handclaps on 2 and 4] (Hoo!) [Verse 1] [gritty male vocals] There's a nail in the beam where the rot set in And I drove it twice just to make it stick Got a mouthful of dust and a debt to pay But I don't owe mercy a single thing I've been broke to the bone, I've been bent but not [bass enters] I've been cut to shape and I still don't fit You can write your rules in a ledger line But I don't live where your numbers sit [Chorus] [full band enters, group backing vocals] I'm a patchwork wall with a steady hand I'm the crack you missed when you drew that plan I'm the name they tried but could never keep I'm the way that I learned how to stand on sand You can measure the frame, you can square the land You can mark it down where you think I'll fall But there's something here that you'll never chart I ain't built to answer your call, yeah (Ah-ah-ah) I got good at standing alone, yeah I made a life out of stone (Oh-oh-oh-oh) [Verse 2] [drums and bass drop out, acoustic guitar and kick drum only] I see the hands that you hard and slow I see the line that you won't let go You built a world to stay alive But you never learned what it's for You carried weight like it made you whole Like the breaking point was the only role But there's more to strength than just holding fast There's a reason you held it all, hey! [Chorus] [full band, high energy] I built this ground, I made it whole You don't have to carry it all alone I don't break, I don't bend, I don't fall Strength ain't just surviving it all And we, I found my way through the fire and flame Now you can stand and still remain Yeah, we, there's more to this than just staying alive We were made for more than just survive [Bridge] [acoustic guitar, muted electric guitar stabs] I don't trust what I didn't earn I don't lean where the ground might turn I've been burned by a softer hand So I keep mine tight when it starts to warm If I let this go, what's left of me? If I drop this guard, do I disappear? I've been everything just to make it through Now you're telling me something's here [electric guitar lead melody enters] You don't lose what was always true I don't know how to stand with you There's a strength that you haven't tried I don't know what that looks like, yeah, hey! [Chorus] [maximum volume, crashing cymbals] I built this ground, I made it whole You don't have to carry it all alone I don't break, I don't bend, I don't fall Strength ain't just surviving it all And we, I found my way through the fire and flame Now you can stand and still remain Yeah, we, there's more to this than just staying alive We were made for more than just survive [Outro] [vocal ad-libs, driving rhythm] I learned to survive alone Oh, now I'm learning what it's for (Ah-ah-ah) We built this ground, we made it whole We don't have to carry it all alone We won't break, we won't bend, we won't fall Strength is more than surviving it all And we, we learned to survive alone Now we're living for something more Yeah, we, we were made for more than just survive We were made to keep each other alive (Eh-eh-eh) [final acoustic guitar strum]