Lyrics

There’s a fence post leaning where the creek used to run
A worn-down barn kissin’ the Tennessee sun
And I sit where my granddad carved his name in the wood
Didn’t leave much behind—but he left what he could


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[Verse 2]
There’s a Bible with pages all folded and torn
And a porch swing that’s creakin’ like it’s always mourned
I light up a smoke and I whisper a prayer
Not for answers—just to feel someone there


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[Chorus]
Before the noise, before the sin
Before the heartbreaks I let in
Before the driftin’, the fallin’, the fight
There was peace in a screen door slappin’ at night
When the world spins too fast, and I’m wearin’ thin—
I go back… to where I begin


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[Verse 3]
I found freedom ain’t loud, it’s the hush in the trees
It’s the gravel that sings underneath your bare feet
I chased all the bright lights, now I know what they cost
They don’t shine like the stars that I thought I had lost


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[Chorus]
Before the noise, before the sin
Before the heartbreaks I let in
Before the driftin’, the fallin’, the fight
There was peace in a screen door slappin’ at night
When the world spins too fast, and I’m wearin’ thin—
I go back… to where I begin


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[Bridge]
Not a mansion, not a name
Just a field and a family frame
And an old oak tree that still knows my name


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[Final Chorus]
Before the pride, before the pain
Before I learned how to shoulder the rain
There was a boy who believed in the sky
And a song on the wind that would never say goodbye
So when I’ve lost what I thought I had to win—
I go back…
To where I begin