Verse 1
They said, “That boy won’t make it far.”
Too many dents, too many scars.
Letters danced across every page,
While everybody else just turned the page.
Never fit in with the hometown crowd,
Too quiet one day, too restless the next.
Spent some nights without a place called home,
Made a promise I’d never leave my own.
I guess that little boy still rides with me.
Pre-Chorus
He’s quieter now…
But he still whispers when the lights go down.
Chorus
I’m still outrunning yesterday,
Still trying to leave those ghosts behind.
Building a life they said I’d never have,
While fighting battles inside my mind.
I know some days it looks like I’ve stopped.
Like I don’t feel, like I don’t try.
But I’ve climbed ten mountains before breakfast…
You just can’t see them from outside.
I’m not running from you…
I’m still outrunning yesterday.
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Verse 2
I learned success don’t silence doubt.
It just teaches it a different sound.
A better job, a bigger house,
Still can’t make those old voices quiet down.
So I work until my hands give out,
Trying to prove they’re finally wrong.
You wonder why I never slow down…
Baby…
I’ve been trying to catch my whole life.
Pre-Chorus
Every door I’ve ever opened…
I first had to believe I deserved to knock.
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Chorus
I’m still outrunning yesterday,
Still carrying pieces I can’t replace.
Trying to be the husband you deserve,
Trying to be the hero my kids already say I am.
I know some days it looks like I’ve quit.
Like I’ve forgotten how to care.
Truth is… I’m just exhausted…
From carrying a lifetime here.
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Bridge (Drop everything but acoustic guitar)
I never learned how to say
“I’m hurting.”
I learned…
“Keep working.”
I never learned how to cry.
I learned…
“Figure it out.”
I never learned how to ask for help.
I learned…
“You survive.”
But you…
You’ve spent years teaching me…
There’s more to living…
Than just staying alive.
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Final Chorus (Big, uplifting, drums and electric guitars)
So I’ll keep outrunning yesterday…
But I don’t have to run alone.
I’ll keep breaking every chain
That followed me from back then home.
For the little boy who never fit.
For the husband still learning love.
For my kids who deserve a father
Who never, ever gives up.
Maybe I wasn’t born with an easy road.
Maybe I wasn’t built for easy.
I was built…
To keep getting back up.
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Outro
I didn’t become the man they expected.
I became the man…
I fought like hell to be.
