[Verse 1]
Mornings come early
Eyes still heavy
Dreams still loud
Clock keeps on calling
But I’m chasing something bigger than this town
Got my doubts in my backpack
But I don’t let ’em ride my day
Write my plans on scrap paper
Fold ’em
Keep ’em where my faith stays
[Chorus]
Head up
Heart ahead
I’m walking toward the life I haven’t lived yet
Step by step
I’m gonna earn my breath
Through the late nights
Long roads
Every little setback
Head up
Heart ahead
I’ll build a future I can hold with both hands
Keep on fighting till it all makes sense
Head up
Heart ahead
[Verse 2]
One day I’ll pull in the driveway
See her waving through the front door light
Tiny shoes by the hallway
Little names I’ll tuck in at night
But today I’m learning the hard way
Grinding through the quiet and the fear
’Cause the man I want my kids to know
Is being built right here
[Chorus]
Head up
Heart ahead
I’m walking toward the life I haven’t lived yet
Step by step
I’m gonna earn my breath
Through the late nights
Long roads
Every little setback
Head up
Heart ahead
I’ll build a future I can hold with both hands
Keep on fighting till it all makes sense
Head up
Heart ahead
[Bridge]
I don’t need a promise
Just the strength to stay this course (yeah)
Every “no” and every closed door
Just turning me toward more
So if I fall
I’ll fall forward
Knees down
But my eyes stay wide
’Cause the man I’m meant to be
He only grows each time I rise
[Chorus]
Head up
Heart ahead
I’m walking toward the life I haven’t lived yet
Step by step
I’m gonna earn my breath
Through the late nights
Long roads
Every little setback
Head up
Heart ahead
Someday I’ll say
“Baby
We made it” and laugh
Holding our kids in a house we planned
Head up
Heart ahead (head up)
Head up
Heart ahead