Evan Sternbach - Out Loud Lyrics

Lonely soldier
I can't hold ya
Safe and sound 'cause that'll make you colder
Not your fault, but
Battle calls ya
Up that mountain
Here we go again
How many metaphors will I abuse over the same flow again
Push and pull and break myself
To try and find a way to be different and save myself
'Cause I got
Rushing days and numbered years
They try to put an expiration date on dreams I fear
I won't listen
But sooner or later need to realize vision
Or it's all going to nothing
That's what I tell myself on all these long drives alone
Need to dig deep, break that heart of stone
Find words with meaning
Repeat them
'Til I'm not the only one who believes them
Maybe if I'm lucky at the end of the road
There will be a pot of gold waiting for me, I don't know
It's worth a shot, or maybe it's not
The only way to find out is to open my mouth out
Loud
Open my mouth out
Loud
I'm the lonely soldier
I can't hold myself back I need closure
Need to see it through, this mission
I think I belong
But there's no footprints up ahead on this path I'm on
Open my mouth, say words that mean
Something to me, hoping they stick effortlessly
Trying to make something that's great from nothing
I won't stop 'til I see the dust jumping
There might come a day
When all the work I've put in goes to waste
And I just can't catch that dream I've been chasing
Escapes me, eludes me, lost in translation
But at least I can say
I gave it all, went to war everyday
As the lonely soldier
Leave my heart on the battlefield, grows cold
If I'm going down
I might as well take my peace and say it out
Loud
Open my mouth out
Loud