Keep On Believing

[Verse 1]
Headlines on the TV glow
Another scandal, another show
We point fingers, we throw stones
But we don't look at our own homes
Dust on the book on the nightstand
Cross hanging loose on a thin chain
We say grace when things go bad
Then we drift off when the pain fades
[Chorus]
Keep on believing when your hands are shaking
When your heart keeps breaking the same old way
When you run in circles, same wrong turn you're taking
And you're tired of praying into empty space
He ain't leaving
So keep on believing
Keep on believing, yeah
[Verse 2]
Saw a man sleeping downtown
Cardboard pillow, head bowed down
I walked past, then I turned around
He said, "Son, don't you dare give up now"
"I lost my job, lost my ring
Lost my taste for everything
But I still talk to God at night
'Cause giving up just ain't my right"
[Chorus]
Keep on believing when your hands are shaking
When your heart keeps breaking the same old way
When you run in circles, same wrong turn you're taking
And you're tired of praying into empty space
He ain't leaving
So keep on believing
Keep on believing, yeah
[Bridge]
We keep drifting, chasing feelings (oh)
Trading truth for something cheap
But even when we're barely breathing
He's still holding what we can't keep
[Chorus]
So keep on believing when your hands are shaking
When your heart keeps breaking the same old way
When you're on your knees and every word you're saying
Feels like it just fades out in the haze
He ain't leaving
So keep on believing
Keep on believing
Keep on believing, yeah

country, Warm modern country ballad with male vocals, brushed drums, and gentle pedal steel. Intimate verses over fingerpicked acoustic guitar; chorus swells with rich harmonies, piano fills, and a steady kick. Energy builds gradually, last chorus lifted by soaring backing vocals and a subtle organ pad for a hopeful, churchlike glow., emotional