Angry Kind of Doubt

[Intro]
I got wisdom in my soul
And rage in my eyes
I got a angry kind of doubt
That cuts through lies

[Verse]
They told me don’t ask
They told me don’t see
They said a good heart
Gets down on one knee
But I heard my own mind
Like a bird in a storm
Saying child, stand up
You were not born worn

[Prechorus]
Doubt is not dirt
Doubt is not shame
It is rain on the road
It is light on a name

[Chorus]
I got a angry kind of doubt
A clear kind of fire
A heart that looks up
And a mind that climbs higher
I won’t fear the dark
I won’t kneel to the crowd
I’m alive, I’m awake
With a angry kind of doubt

[Verse]
They said questions break homes
They said thought breaks the town
But the house built on fear
Is already falling down
So I’ll ask with my hands
And I’ll ask with my song
If the truth can’t stand daylight
It was weak all along

[Bridge]
Let the thunder roll
Let the old doors shake
Every chain on a mind
Was made to break

[Outro]
Dust on my boots
Light in my eyes
A angry kind of doubt
And no fear of the sky

Keep the Book Alive

[Intro]
If they fear a page
Then the page has light
Keep the book alive
Keep the lamp on at night

[Verse]
They can lock up a room
They can black out a line
They can call a free word
Some kind of crime
But a song finds a road
And a story finds breath
And a book full of truth
Can walk after death

[Prechorus]
Fire can eat paper
But it can’t eat the sky
A true word grows wings
When they tell it to die

[Chorus]
Keep the book alive
Keep the window wide
Keep the brave words moving
Like a train through the night
If they fear what you know
Then you know where to ride
Hold it close, pass it on
Keep the book alive

[Verse]
They can smear a good name
They can call wisdom wrong
They can tell the whole town
Not to hum that song
But the young ones will hear
Through the dust and the pain
That a mind with a question
Is a field after rain

[Bridge]
Hide it in a tune
Hide it in a seed
Hide it in a hand
That helps someone read

[Outro]
If they fear a page
Then the page has light
Keep the book alive
Keep the lamp on at night

Ask in the Daylight

[Intro]
If the shadow is fake
It will run from the sun
Ask in the daylight
Till the dark comes undone

[Verse]
They said don’t ask why
There are ghosts in the field
They said fear is the truth
And the fear must be sealed
But I brought a small lamp
And I opened the gate
What they called a monster
Was a story of hate

[Prechorus]
Fear grows tall
Where no clear eyes go
Bring it to noon
And the false things show

[Chorus]
Ask in the daylight
Stand where it’s bright
No smoke, no spell
No fear in the night
If a lie needs dark
Let the whole town see
Ask in the daylight
And the mind walks free

[Verse]
They used old fear
To make good folks cruel
They used dark tales
As a court and a rule
But a brave clean mind
Does not feed that flame
It asks for the truth
And it calls harm by name

[Bridge]
Open the barn
Open the door
Fear is a king
Only till we know more

[Chorus]
Ask in the daylight
Stand where it’s bright
No smoke, no spell
No fear in the night
If a lie needs dark
Let the whole town see
Ask in the daylight
And the mind walks free

[Outro]
If the shadow is fake
It will run from the sun
Ask in the daylight
Till the dark comes undone

No One Owns My Mind

[Intro]
I got my hat in my hand
But my soul stands tall
I can love this land
And not bow to it all

[Verse]
They said say the words
If you want through the door
They said bend just once
Then we’ll ask for more
But my mind is a field
With a wide blue sky
No man holds the deed
No seal, no tie

[Prechorus]
I won't shake your hand
I won't stand in line
I won’t sign away
What was always mine

[Chorus]
No one owns my mind
No one chains my song
I'd rather walk alone
And still say wrong is wrong
I can live out loud
I can speak in my time
I was born with a light
No one owns my mind

[Verse]
You can shut me out
From the table and town
You can whisper my name
Try to wear me down
But a road is still a road
When you walk it alone
And a heart with its truth
Is already home

[Bridge]
Let the big doors close
Let the cold bells chime
I’ll build my own porch
In my own good time

[Chorus]
No one owns my mind
No one chains my song
I can walk alone
And still say wrong is wrong
I can live out loud
I can speak in my time
I was born with a light
No one owns my mind

[Outro]
I got my hat in my hand
But my soul stands tall
No one owns my mind
No one owns it at all

Brave Enough to Think

[Intro]
There’s a long road west
And a hard road home
But a brave mind walks
Even when it walks alone

[Verse]
They said don’t judge
They said don’t look twice
They said take your place
And call the cold world nice
But a heart that won’t see
Lets the wrong thing grow
So I opened my eyes
And I learned to say no

[Prechorus]
Not broken, not a fool
Not lost in some cloud
Just awake at the wheel
With truth as my guide

[Chorus]
I’m brave enough to think
Strong enough to see
Clear enough to know
What fear wants from me
I won’t call chains love
I won’t call lies peace
I’m brave enough to think
And that makes me free

[Verse]
There are boys sent to war
With no books in their chest
There are girls told to hush
When their minds know best
There are bright souls pushed
To the edge of the night
But a song can call back
Every stolen light

[Bridge]
Stand up, young heart
Stand up, old friend
The road starts again
Where the fear games end

[Outro]
There’s a long road west
And a hard road home
But a brave mind walks
And it never walks alone

Nothing Keeps Us Small

[Intro]
We were born with sky
We were born with flame
We were not made low
We were not made tame

[Verse]
They can build a fence
They can call it home
They can tell young hearts
Not to walk alone
But the road rolls on
Past the fear and dust
And the stars don’t shine
For the small in us

[Prechorus]
Step by step
We rise, we climb
In wisdom and greatness
We take our time

[Chorus]
Nothing keeps us small
Nothing holds us down
We grow all the way up
Till we wear that crown
A clear strong mind
And a soul that stands
Nothing keeps us small
No wall, no chain
We were born to rise
Like fields after rain

[Verse]
They can shame our songs
They can mock our fire
They can say stay low
Don’t you reach any higher
But a life half-lived
Is a song unsung
And a brave heart grows
Till the whole world runs

[Bridge]
Grow past fear
Grow past pain
Grow past poverty and rain
Grow past every voice
That called your light vain
Stand up tall
Stand up true
The sky is wide
And it waits for you

[Outro]
We were born with sky
We were born with flame
Nothing keeps us small
When we rise by name

We will each stand as wise
And each stand as great
Make the world a whole
that no one can breake

I Am Not the Devil

[Intro]

[Verse]
I know what you do
I know how you hurt

[Verse]
You call me dark
When I will not bend
You call me lost
When I will not pretend
You call me cursed
When I stand up tall
But I know the trick
You want me small

[Prechorus]
You hide in old words
You hide in old fear
You point at my fire
So no one looks near

[Chorus]
I am not the Devil
I am not a sin
I am not a dark thing
You are the hollow
You are the lie
Who keeps children small
Who holds control
With a holy wall
I am not the Devil
I am not your lie
I was born to stand
With my head to the sky

[Verse]
You call me small
When I see too much
You call me wrong
When I don’t lose touch
With the fire you buried
Under grades and shame
But I know the hunger
That hides in your blame

[Bridge]
Your spell is a word
Your cage is a name
Your crown is cold
Your hands are shame
I walk through your shadow
I walk through your call
I am not afraid
And I am not small

[Outro]
I know what you do
But you don’t own my worth
I grow all the way up
Till your shadows fall
I stand as a great being
And I answer the call
For wisdom, for greatness
For peace over all
I rise with the world
And nothing keeps us small

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Angry Kind of Doubt