Some say my songs can cut real deep
Light and shadows that I can't keep
Some feel my joy, some sense my pain
While others shrug, looking away
They think I'm a lost in love's embrace
Or haunted by some restless place
But I sing of dreams and busted parts
In every line, I show my heart
You ask me how I'm feeling
My songs will speak for me
Each line's a piece I've laid out clear
For all the world to see
So if you wanna know me
Don't ask or wonder why
Just press play and listen close My heart's in every line
I write about love I ain't yet found Wide open roads and settling down
With every verse, a place to hide The truths I keep tucked deep inside
I lay it bare for all to see The highs and lows that carry me
For all I am, I lay and rhyme Each note, a stitch through place and time
You ask me how I'm feeling My songs will speak for me
Each line's a piece I've laid out clear For all the world to see
So if you wanna know me Don't ask or wonder why
Just press play and listen close My heart's in every line
One day my kids might play these tunes In quiet rooms near the high-hung moon
And find the man they never knew In every line, each chord that's true
They'll see the heart I tried to show In every song, the highs and lows
Long after I'm gone, they'll come to see The man I was, the soul set free
I find my peace in melody My voice finds words and sets me free
With each refrain, I pay the toll A place to heal my broken soul
I pour out thoughts I can't confess Wrapped in lines that ease my stress
So when you ask, just hit rewind These songs will tell you what's on my mind
You ask me how I'm feeling My songs will speak for me
Each line's a piece I've laid out clear For all the world to see
So if you wanna know me Don't ask or wonder why
Just press play and listen close My heart's in every line
Through songs some strangers know my heart They feel my words, they play their part
They hear the truths I try to show While friends and kin just never know
It stings that folks I'll never see Can hear me more than family
It's strange that strangers understand
What friends chose not to learn firsthand
You ask me how I'm feeling My songs will speak for me
Each line's a piece I've laid out clear For all the world to see
So if you wanna know me Don't ask or wonder why
Just press play and listen close My heart's in every line
One day my kids might play