Story Behind The Song

Do we make a difference? ...not if we ain't doing nothing...let that fire burn.

Song Description

A soul-stirring anthem of resilience and reckoning, wrestling with the fear of insignificance and the urgency to leave a mark before the fire inside burns out.

Lyrics

Growing Nowhere
Copyright © 2006 David Baumgarten


BPM: 124 Key: A major


[Verse 1]
World traveler, don't stake your claim,
This land don't remember no, no names.
What grows in the cracks, worth the wait,
Finer than gold, much heavier than fate.

[Verse 2]
You're holdin' on up 'n bound to pain,
Grippin' on to a ghost in the rain.
Ain't no harvest in dust and stone,
You can't build a home on, on what ain't grown.

[Chorus]
Oh, oh, do my hands even leave a mark?
Is there worth in the work or just the dark?
Fill the ground with fire and clay,
Fill the sky with what you say.
Ain't no livin' if you're standin' still,
Let it burn and Let it spill.

[Verse 3]
They say you're nothin', growin' nowhere,
Your roots, too thin and your soul too bare.
But even rocks feel hunger, too,
And even the dark still reaches for blue.

[Chorus]
Oh, oh, do my hands even leave a mark?
Is there worth in the work or just the dark?
Fill the ground with fire and clay,
Fill the sky with what you say.
Ain't no livin' if you're standin' still,
Let it burn and let it spill.

Oooo, oooo, Oh, oh, oh

[Bridge]
So empty yourself, don't hold it in,
Let the wind take your weight for a minute.
Break it open, and break it down,
Burn that fire where you're bound
Burn that fire where you're bound!


[Chorus]
Oh, oh, do my hands even leave a mark?
Is there worth in the work or just the dark?
Or just the dark?
Fill the ground with fire and clay,
Fill the sky with what you say.
Ain't no livin' if you're standin' still,
Let it burn, baby, let it spill.
Let it burn let it spill.

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