From the recording Living in the Past Lane
A song about reaching the point when you realize no one else can carry you through the disappointments, doubts, and hard turns of life. It’s about finding the strength to get back on your feet, trust yourself, and keep moving forward even when the road ahead is uncertain. There’s both hurt and defiance in that realization—the sadness of letting go and the determination to stand on your own. One of the last songs we wrote together before the Beasel Brothers went their separate ways, it now carries an added sense of finality we couldn’t have known at the time
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Just when we're getting our act together
The rug is pulled from under my feet
I try to fight back to make it better
I can still hear laughing in the street
So I sing out a song I wrote yesterday
To ease the losses I've had in my life
The surface words never quite say
What my soul has longed to write
[Chorus]
[harmonized backing vocals enter]
'Cause you were the bird that sang through the breeze
And I was the hope that believed in the song
Together we flew high upon a dream
I guess fate controlled us all along
[Verse 2]
Oh, the happiest times were when we played
But all pipe dreams they die in the end
Just like old loves that fade away
You can never quite bring them back again
New rainbows come as fast as they go
You found yours in a love I never knew
I was losing mine as I watched yours grow
But I can't give up what I'm hanging onto
[Chorus]
[harmonized backing vocals]
'Cause you were the bird that sang through the breeze
And I was the hope that believed in the song
Together we flew high upon a dream
I guess fate controlled us all along
I'm gonna carry myself on down the line
Push on through these hard times
I'm gonna carry myself on down the line
Chase down the dreams that I might find
You've got to carry yourself on down the line
Push on through through these hard times
You've got to carry yourself on down the line
Chase down the dreams that you might find
You've got to carry, carry, carry yourself down the line
Push on through through these hard times
You've got to carry, carry, carry yourself down the line
Chase down the dreams that you might find