But Here’s The Kicker – Lyrics

What if this isn’t broken
Like you said
And the direction that we’re goin’
Is all for nil
You’re bankin’ on the future’s future
And prayin’ to the stars
This road holds you down

But there’s no outrunnin’ who we’re goin’ to be
Stop the car
I want out

Born in the City of Sun
Ridin’ the light of day to Preservation Hall
Then gettin’ my mornin’ meal and drill on at Camellia Grille
They threw up the fleur de lis, I’d happily answer the call,
But… all good things come to kill or be killed
The love and thrill of my life divorced my stars from the sky
And separated the heart of me from parts of me. I’m cold from the inside

Deported to the North on crash course transport of tragedy, circumstance and force
At four while learnin’ to smile while at war
So now I’m measured by the memories and never by the time
I keep the blade my daddy gave me to cut ties that get too close
Thought the Mississippi was all of the tears my mama cried
We navigated the pain until the feelin’ froze

Walkin’ on thick ice, watchin’ my breath in the wind
My reflection in frozen puddles only reveal a wicked replicant
Empathizin’ with Bryan Fury, backseat to mama steerin’
A makeshift cure to deter the question my mind keeps stirrin’
Singin

What if this isn’t broken
Like you said
And the direction that we’re goin’
Is all for nil
You’re bankin’ on the future’s future
And prayin’ to the stars
This road holds you down

But there’s no outrunnin’ who we’re goin’ to be
Stop the car
I want out

Partnerships partin’ in the dark of arguments barkin’
Harmful disharmonies of hard flats and sharps in my garden
Growin’ apart from most the parts of my heart in a heartbeat
Regardless of who you are to me, I keep ya at arm’s length
You heard it so, but the intent is never personal
Had to start meetin’ people where they at, instead of vice versa so
A lesson learned to let go of what we considered at first to know
So find the price to fight for the pride and be worth what little control we determined to hold

I put my memories on murderer’s row
And let the winter melt instead of urgently searchin’ the snow
Patience became the guidance to this young King of The Iron Fist
The City of The Sun welcomed me back with open streets and life to give

Someday it’ll sort itself
Tell myself that it’ll sort itself out
Wait until it all worked out
Cos someday never came ‘round
Someday never came ‘round
Until I grabbed the world by the ground

What if this isn’t broken
Like you said
And the direction that we’re goin’
Is all for nil
You’re bankin’ on the future’s future
And prayin’ to the stars
This road holds you down

But there’s no outrunnin’ who we’re goin’ to be
Stop the car
I want out