[Verse 1]
You see the suit
See the smile
But you never saw the floor I called a bed
Empty plate
Cold sink
Cut cable
Whole life hanging by a thread
Every "win" you watch in slow-mo
Started in a room with the lights turned off
Just a note that said "final notice"
And a laugh that sounded like a cough
[Chorus]
Every successful man
Survived a season that would've buried you deep
You see the crown
Not the cold winter
You see the feast
Not the nights we didn't eat
History only remembers the survivors
Never asks what the fire cost
Every successful man
Had a season where he almost got lost
[Verse 2]
You post quotes about "the grind"
I did calendars on concrete walls
Counted cracks in a stained-tile ceiling
Prayed a name
Never thought you'd call
Empty card
Declined at the counter
Walk home
Long coat
Thin shoes
Wind singing through loose windows
That's a song you don't want to live through
[Chorus]
Every successful man
Survived a season that would've buried you deep
You see the crown
Not the cold winter
You see the feast
Not the nights we didn't eat
History only remembers the survivors
Never asks what the fire cost
Every successful man
Had a season where he almost got lost
[Bridge]
Some nights I swore that it ended there (oh oh)
Spoke to the dark like it could answer my name
If you only read the last bright chapter
You’ll never taste the pages full of rain
[Chorus]
Every successful man
Survived a season that would've buried you deep
You see the crown
Not the cold winter
You see the feast
Not the nights we didn't eat
History only remembers the survivors
Never asks what the fire cost
Every successful man
Had a season where he almost got lost