[Verse 1] Alarm rings Same sky Different questions In the mirror of my eyes Coffee steam Bills stacked Kids laughing in the hall Pull me back I was raised on fear of fire Rulebooks nailed into my hands Now I’m walking on the wire Trying hard to understand [Chorus] I take the joy I take the pain Let it carve its little roads Through my brain I hold their hands Through every storm I know If I fall in the end Will the gods Welcome my ragged soul? (Will they welcome my ragged soul?) [Verse 2] Traffic hums Old scars Flash like warning lights On these arms Little voice from the back seat “Dad Why do people hurt each other?” I choke up on the heartbeat Say “We choose the way we treat one another” I tell them “Love costs more Than anger ever pays So stand tall Stay kind When the world frays” [Chorus] I take the joy I take the pain Let it carve its little roads Through my brain I hold their hands Through every storm I know If I fall in the end Will the gods Welcome my ragged soul? [Bridge] [Spoken over choppy Muted riffs] If there’s a ledger in the sky Let it show the times I tried The nights I broke But didn’t break them too [Band slams into halftime] I won’t worship out of terror I won’t tremble just to kneel If you’re there You know my errors You watched me learn to feel So when my lungs give out And my bones grow cold Remember how I taught my kids To turn hurt into gold [Chorus] I take the joy I take the pain Let it carve its little roads Through my brain I hold their hands Through every storm I know If I fall in the end Will the gods Welcome my ragged soul? [Outro] Till that day I stay Head up Heart full Teaching tiny hearts How to carry it all (How to carry it all)
