Fedora Rex

Sanctuary (Leaving It Behind)
Verse 1
I shut down the lights and I turn off the phone
Close the office door tight, and now I’m back home
Spent eight long hours in the corporate gray
Chasing deadlines and the noise of the day
I shut down the laptop, let the screen go dark,
Swap the stiff office chair for my favorite part
Verse 2
I look down the hall, see the smile on your face
My best friend, my rock, in our own quiet place
You smile and welcome me as i walk into the room
With a hug you hold me, Now I'm safe from the doom
It can’t cross the threshold that we’ve built in this home.
Chorus
Let the wind blow cold, let the thunder roll high
They can’t touch the peace inside you and I
We pull each other close while the music plays slow
Dancing through the room, letting everything go
You’re my shelter, my shadow, my place in the sun
My sanctuary when all the work is done.
Verse 3
We don't need a crowd and we don't need a scene
Just the two of us swaying in the quiet between
Every heavy-handed rule that they make in this world
Fades away to the groove of the music I share with my girl
I spin you around, feel your hand in my hand
And I’m standing right here with the best in the land.
Chorus
Let the wind blow cold, let the thunder roll high
They can’t touch the peace inside you and I
We pull each other close while the music plays slow
Dancing through the room, letting everything go
You’re my shelter, my shadow, my place in the sun
My sanctuary when all the work is done.
Bridge
They can keep all their ladder-climbing, power, and praise
I just want this song at the end of my days
With the bass in the floorboards and your head on my chest
We're leaving the world behind and foget the rest.
Chorus
Let the wind blow cold, let the thunder roll high
They can’t touch the peace inside you and I
We pull each other close while the music plays slow
Dancing through the room, letting everything go
You’re my shelter, my shadow, my place in the sun
My sanctuary when all the work is done.
Outro
Yeah, just you and me...
Turn the music up loud.
Leave it all behind.

Verse 1
I’ve been down many roads in my future and my past
I've had hard times and good times that dont seem to last
Spent years in the trenches not knowing how to feel
Now I stand on a foundation made of concrete and steel
I carry my own weight, I fight my own fight
And I don't ask permission to step into the light.
Verse 2
You can talk about your status, you can talk about your pride
But when life comes at ya there is nowhere you can hide
I look around the room at the friends by my side
Men who walk through the fire come out the other side
We don't need the applause, we don't care about the show
We just measure our worth by the memories that we sow.
Chorus
Thick as the concrete, tough as the steel
We stand tall for the things that are real
Built for the climb and we’re taking the lead
Grit and resilience are the only code we need
Stand back or stand tall, make up your mind
'Cause the iron stays strong while the rest get left behind.
Verse 3
When the darkness settles in and the night turns cold
We gather in friendship where our stories get told
Smell of beer in the air, and back on solid land
Knowing exactly where every one of us stands
No weak-hearted talk, no hollow-sounding words
Just the quiet kind of power that don't need to be heard.
Chorus
Thick as the concrete, tough as the steel
We stand tall for the things that are real
Built for the climb and we’re taking the lead
Grit and resilience are the only code we need
Stand back or stand tall, make up your mind
'Cause the iron stays strong while the rest get left behind.
Bridge
It’s the apex of the journey, the hard and lonely road
If the road don't break you, it'll lead you back home
We earned every scar, we paid for every line
And we’re taking what’s ours every single time.
Chorus
Thick as the concrete, tough as the steel
We stand tall for the things that are real
Built for the climb and we’re taking the lead
Grit and resilience are the only code we need
Stand back or stand tall, make up your mind
'Cause the iron stays strong while the rest get left behind.
Outro
Yeah, thick as the concrete...
Tough as the steel.
We’re still standing.

Verse 1
I’ve walked a lot of miles in these old weathered shoes
Seen a lot of branches forget about their roots
I used to waste my time looking back across my path
Or staring down the road so far away almost out of gas
I spent too many years trying to outrun the clock
Tripping over gravel while I’m looking for a rock.
Verse 2
The past is just a shadow that you can’t get back
The future is a phantom further down the track
We spend a lot of energy worrying about the rain
Or holding onto hurt feelings and old familiar pain
When your choking on the dust on your clothes
And rocks beneath your heels everywhere you go.
Chorus
You walk through life just one step at a time
You can’t plant your feet on two different lines
Got one foot in tomorrow, one foot in the past
Living in a story that was never meant to last
If you’re stressed about the future you already made
You’re just pissing all over the gift of today.
Verse 3
Now I wake up in the morning and I put my shoes on slow
I ain’t rushing for a deadline or a place I need to go
I look out at the yard and I take a quiet breath
Finding all the value in the simple things I possess
The world is chasing shadows, running out of control
While I’m sitting right here, keeping peace in my soul.
Chorus
You walk through life just one step at a time
You can’t plant your feet on two different lines
Got one foot in tomorrow, one foot in the past
Living in a story that was never meant to last
If you’re stressed about the future you already made
You’re just pissing all over the gift of today..
Bridge
It’s a simple kind of wisdom that took forty years to find
You can’t enjoy the sunshine with a storm inside your mind
Let the dead stay buried, let the morning come around
The best part of the journey is right here on the ground.
Chorus
You walk through life just one step at a time
You can’t plant your feet on two different lines
Got one foot in tomorrow, one foot in the past
Living in a story that was never meant to last
If you’re stressed about the future you already made
You’re just pissing all over the gift of today.
Outro
Yeah, just one step at a time...
Keep your feet right here.
Don't waste today.

The strength of a tree is built over time
Every new ring contributes to the climb
I’ve walked a lot of miles to get to where I stand
And each step in my life was like walking in the sand

Fifty-something winters, and I’m still standing tall
I’ve learned to bend into the wind, I’ve learned to take the fall
But the gold ain't in the glory, or the things we leave behind
It’s the hands that pull us upward when the road is hard to find
Yeah, the body is steady, and the mind is running clean
The best is in the present, not the places that I've seen

We forever chase our dreams, but our future is unseen
Now I appreciate all the moments in between
I’d trade a loud and crowded room for a table built for two
Or a movie in the backyard with our friends, and me and you

Fifty-something winters, and I’m still standing tall
I’ve learned to bend into the wind, I’ve learned to take the fall
But the gold ain't in the glory, or the things we leave behind
It’s the hands that pull us upward when the road is hard to find
Yeah, the body is steady, and the mind is running clean
The best is in the present, not the places that I've seen

Raise a glass to all the memories and the road that seemed so long
Every struggle was a lesson, every experience is a song
I wouldn't trade a single moment for a chance to start anew
Because every crooked path I took helped to shape my point of view

Fifty-something winters, and I’m still standing tall
I’ve learned to bend into the wind, I’ve learned to take the fall
But the gold ain't in the glory, or the things we leave behind
It’s the hands that pull us upward when the road is hard to find
Yeah, the body is steady, and the mind is running clean
The best is in the present, not the places that I've seen

When the darkness falls and the moon is bright
I am poised and ready to enjoy another night.

I map out every step of where I’ve been and what I’ve seen,
All the lands I’ve traveled and the places in between.
Every road I’ve taken and the crossroads in my life
Were only ever leading me to make you my wife.
If I’d taken one different turn or walked away too soon,
I’d be searching in the dark without your light inside this room.
Every mile behind me now I know the truth.
I was being guided towards a life with me and you

If I changed a single sentence in the story of my past,
If I let a moment linger or I moved a little fast,
If a single grain of sand had shifted out of place,
I might never have stood here looking at your face.
Every timeline, every turning, every path I ever knew
If a single breath was different, Then I wouldn't have you.

It’s crazy how the universe arranges every piece,
How the noise of all the years guided me to this place.
I used to think that life was just a million random lines,
Until they all intersected at the exact right time.
Now I look at you, my wife, across a quiet room,
And I know my hearts seasons was just waiting for your bloom.

If I changed a single sentence in the story of my past,
If I let a moment linger or I moved a little fast,
If a single grain of sand had shifted out of place,
I might never have stood here looking at your face.
Every timeline, every turning, every path I ever knew,
If a single breath was different, Then I wouldn't have you.

I don't regret my mistakes, or turn I ever made,
Every heavy shadow was worth the price I paid.
'Cause its worth the very moment that brought you to my side,
And tied my whole life to the love of my life.

If I changed a single sentence in the story of my past,
If I let a moment linger or I moved a little fast,
If a single grain of sand had shifted out of place,
I might never have stood here looking at your face.
Every timeline, every turning, every path I ever knew
If a single breath was different, Then I wouldn't have you.

Yeah, every path I took leads me back to you.
Every future path and everything i do
If anything was different... I wouldn't have you.

I used to wander through the quiet streets alone
A solitary shadow looking for a home
I had a million words but no one left to tell
Until you broke the walls and caught me as I fell

Now every breath I take is tied to where you are
You pulled me from the dark, my one remaining star

You’ll always have my heart because you are my soul
The missing piece I needed just to make me whole
Through every heavy storm and every fading light
You are the morning sun that breaks into my night
As the years go by and we grow old
You'll always have my heart because you are my soul

We don't need empty promises written in the stars
I find my peace knowing you are never far
When the world gets loud and starts to spin too fast
You are the quiet place where I can rest at last

Now you have my heart you have my soul
I have found someone with who I can grow old

You’ll always have my heart because you are my soul
The missing piece I needed just to make me whole
Through every heavy storm and every fading light
You are the morning sun that breaks into my night
As the years go by and we grow old
You'll always have my heart because you are my soul

The world keeps spinning round and round
I’ll never get dizzy you are my solid ground
I never question my world because in your arms I found my place
I found my forever when I looked into your face

You’ll always have my heart because you are my soul
The missing piece I needed just to make me whole
Through every heavy storm and every fading light
You are the morning sun that breaks into my night
As the years go by and we grow old
You'll always have my heart because you are my soul

Because you are my soul
You'll always have my heart

You don't need a hundred hands
To carry every weight
You don't need to save the world
To make a better day
A small hello at the right time
Can change a lonely room
A simple light in one dark place
Can start to bloom

So if your steps feel small
Don't call them wasted
One kind word can still be life-changing

Be something for someone
Be something for someone
One steady heart, one open hand
Be something for someone
Be something for someone
That's how a life finds solid land

Maybe you won't fix it all
Maybe you never could
But you can be the reason
Someone still feels good
You can stay when they're shaking
You can listen through the rain
You can be the name they trust
When they can't explain

So if your steps feel small
Don't call them wasted
One kind word can still be life-changing

Be something for someone
Be something for someone
One steady heart, one open hand
Be something for someone
Be something for someone
That's how a life finds solid land

You don't have to be the answer
To every hurt you see
Just be the door that opens
Just be the place to breathe
The world can keep on asking
For more than we can give
But one true act of caring
Can change the way we live

Be something for someone
Be something for someone
One steady heart, one open hand
Be something for someone
Be something for someone
That's how a life finds solid land

That's how a life finds solid land
Be something for someone

Fourteen doors by the time I learned to drive,
Threw my shoes in the bin just to stay alive.
Anger like a fever, teeth gritting on the bone,
A hundred different houses but I'm still alone.
Iron in the water, iron in the soul,
Trying to find a center that I couldn't control.
Never made the trouble, just stood in the way,
Of a storm that was brewing every single day.

But my history is just the soil where I grew,
Not the shape of the mountain or the morning dew.
I'm built from the wreckage but I ain't the crash,
Not the ghost in the machine, not the weight of the ash.
I choose the direction, I pick up the line,
The past is a debt, but the future is mine.

There's a hate that can eat you, turn the blood into lead,
Feed the ghosts and the voices that live in your head.
I was aggressive and broken, a ninth-grade fire,
Burning down the bridge and the telegraph wire.
But survival ain't luck, it's a hammer in the hand,
Building something solid on a shifting sand.
I was what I did, but I'm not what they made,
I'm the sunlight walking through the middle of the shade.

But my history is just the soil where I grew,
Not the shape of the mountain or the morning dew.
I'm built from the wreckage but I ain't the crash,
Not the ghost in the machine, not the weight of the ash.
I choose the direction, I pick up the line,
The past is a debt, but the future is mine.

I survived what they said I wouldn't,
I did what they swore that I couldn't.
The law saw a number, I saw a soul,
Taking back the pieces, making them whole.

The past is a debt, but the future is mine.
Mmm-hmm, mmm-mmm.