my old shoes

I remember walking through life in my old shoes

Worn down heels and a broken lace

Every step I took, I thought I had to choose

Between the road and the resting place

I knew every crack in the sidewalk by name

Every puddle, every hill

I thought I knew the rules to the game

But I was standing still

**Pre-Chorus:**

Then the rain came down

Washed the dust off the ground

**Chorus:**

And I don't walk the way I used to walk

I don't talk the way I used to talk

I traded in my certainty

For a pair of eyes that finally see

That the old shoes kept me safe but kept me small

Now I'm walking, now I'm walking

Now I'm walking tall

I remember thinking comfort was the same as home

That familiar pinch meant I belonged

I wore those shoes until the soles were gone

Singing someone else's song

But there's a difference between fitting in and being free

Between the path and where it leads

I had to lose the shoes to find the feet

That were waiting underneath

**Pre-Chorus:**

Then the rain came down

Washed the dust off the ground

**Chorus:**

And I don't walk the way I used to walk

I don't talk the way I used to talk

I traded in my certainty

For a pair of eyes that finally see

That the old shoes kept me safe but kept me small

Now I'm walking, now I'm walking

Now I'm walking tall

Some people spend their whole lives

In the same pair of shoes

Never knowing what it feels like

To have nothing left to lose

But I'd rather feel the gravel

Than the ghost of where I've been

I'd rather start again

**Final Chorus:**

So I don't walk the way I used to walk

I don't talk the way I used to talk

I left my footprints in the past

Found a freedom built to last

Those old shoes kept me safe but kept me small

Now I'm walking, now I'm walking

Now I'm walking tall

**Outro:**

I remember walking through life in my old shoes

Sometimes I miss the way they felt

But I'd rather have the blisters

Than the belt

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