Can’t cut my roots

Full Revised Label-Ready Lyric Sheet

They Can’t Cut My Roots

Verse 1

The metal’s hot, the shift runs long

Always walking that production line

One signature was missing

One moment lost in time

The ink had barely dried

When they walked me to the gate

They’d already swung the axe

I just signed my name too late

Pre-Chorus

Yesterday they warned me

“One more slip and you’re gone”

Now I’m staring at the front door

Wondering how to tell them what comes next

Chorus

It’s a hollow kind of heavy

Like a punch right through the chest

When you give them everything

And they couldn’t care much less

A pink slip and a handshake

For a name left off a page

But I’ve walked through fire before

I’ve survived much darker days

They think they fired a worker

They misjudged my soul

The ground beneath me’s shaking

But my roots are buried whole

I’ve got promises to keep

They can’t cut my roots

Verse 2

They never saw the twelve-hour shifts

Or the miles I gave to them

No write-ups in my history

Just giving more again and again

They judged me by a missing name

Never cared enough to know

I’ve got kids who call me Daddy

And a wife waiting at home

Pre-Chorus

They can take away my paycheck

They can send me out that door

But they can’t take the reason

I still stand and fight for

Chorus

It’s a hollow kind of heavy

Like a punch right through the chest

When you give them everything

And they couldn’t care much less

A pink slip and a handshake

For a name left off a page

But I’ve walked through fire before

I’ve survived much darker days

They think they fired a worker

They misjudged my soul

The ground beneath me’s shaking

But my roots are buried whole

I’ve got promises to keep

They can’t cut my roots

Bridge (Acoustic + Vocal Only)

I look down at these scarred-up hands

See every road I crossed

Back when rage was my religion

And I’d settle every loss

Now these hands are built for holding

The ones who carry my name

I’d rather raise my children

Than let anger rule again

Guitar Solo / Instrumental Build

Final Chorus

It’s a hollow kind of heavy

But it won’t become my end

I’ve been broken down before

And built myself again

They can keep their empty handshake

They can keep that missing page

I’ve walked through fire before

I’ve survived much darker days

They think they fired a worker

But they woke a stronger man

The ground beneath me’s shaking

Still I know exactly where I stand

I’ve got promises to keep

With a family counting on me

They can cut me from their payroll

But they can’t cut my roots

Outro

This life ain’t built on bloodshed

Or another man brought down

It’s built around the kitchen table

With the ones who stayed around

That’s a different kind of strength

A quieter kind of fire

Not another man to conquer

Just a father climbing higher

They think they fired a worker

But they woke a stronger man

They can’t cut these roots

God planted where I stand

No, they can’t cut my roots

They can’t cut my roots