Where I’m Headed Now

Where I’m Headed Now

Verse 1

I’ve stood where the Front Range meets the sky,

Air so thin it taught me how to try.

Early mornings, rotors in the dark,

Cold steel birds and a racing heart.

Hands on rope, boots leave the ground,

Learned real quick who won’t look down.

Colorado nights, lungs on fire,

Learned how to carry more than wire.

Verse 2

Fourteen years, one shaky call,

Didn’t know if he’d answer at all.

He said my name like no time passed,

Like the hurt didn’t hit so fast.

We talked slow, let silence speak,

Some wounds heal when you don’t compete.

Turns out love don’t rot with age,

It just waits for the right page.

Chorus

I’ve been shaped by miles and midnight drives,

Learned what stays and what survives.

Every scar still knows my name,

But it don’t own me the same.

If pain’s a road, I’ve walked it through,

If grace is real, I’ve found it new.

I come from bloodlines and backroads,

I know where I’m headed now.

Verse 3

Met a man in dust and standing lines,

Same shaved heads, same borrowed time.

Eli stood when the rest went left,

Shoulder to shoulder through the test.

Same pack weight, same sleepless nights,

Watched each other hold the line.

Not blood, but closer than kin,

That’s how pressure turns boys to men.

Verse 4

I still drive home past familiar bends,

Not my last name, still my friends.

Hands that fed me when I was thin,

Called me son before I fit in.

Fields still whisper who I’ve been,

Oak trees know where I give in.

Home ain’t always what you claim,

Sometimes it’s who remembered your name.

Verse 5

Found Jesus not in a perfect place,

But flat on my knees with nothing to fake.

No bargains left, no deal to sign,

Just a broken man and borrowed time.

I don’t preach loud, I walk it slow,

Faith looks best when it’s lived low.

Cross hit deep, mercy stayed,

He loved me through the things I hate.

Bridge (strip instruments here — raw vocal)

I used to run from what hurt the most,

Now I thank God for the roads I chose.

Every loss carved something true,

Every goodbye showed me what’s new.

Resurrection ain’t a distant word,

It’s waking up changed but still scarred.

Final Chorus (full band back in)

I’ve been shaped by miles and midnight drives,

Buried ghosts and learned to rise.

Every mile gave part back home,

Every prayer pulled me closer than I know.

I don’t wear faith like a badge or claim,

I wear it like healed-over pain.

I come from bloodlines and backroads,

I know where I’m headed now.

Outro (soft, half-time)

Now I wake beside my wife and breathe,

Life tastes full when you finally believe.

Soon I’ll build where the red dirt stays,

With a bird dog named Remi and quieter days.

Still got scars, still learning how,

But I know where I’m headed now.