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In Stride

from I'll Be Fine by John Louis

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When the nights get long and I’ve thought circles ‘round you
When I don’t feel strong, I collapse; I break in two

It’s like I’m holding on to a red-hot iron ladder
I know I can’t let go; I need to just move faster
Wish I could just go faster

I think it’s time I redefine this heartache as biding my time
If I can tell myself I’m better off, I might believe it
I wonder why I run and hide from bitter ghosts I recognize
This time, I’ll hold my head up
This time, I’ll take it all in stride

Guess I misunderstood all the things I had to do
To make you care about me, to make me worth something to you

I put in all the hours, I tried to stay inside the lines
For thieves and snakes around my neck
Saying it’s my fault that I’m not fine
It’s your fault that I’m not fine sometimes

Someday soon I’ll see myself ten thousand feet above the rain
See how I carried you around until I broke beneath the weight
And I’ll take a part of you with me - forever feel your arid eyes
But I’ll throw your baggage off my back and I’ll leave my brokenness behind

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from I'll Be Fine, released April 3, 2020
Written by John Louis Schwallie and Benjamin Thomas Mariano

John Schwallie - guitars, bass, vocals, programming
Benjamin Mariano - drums & percussion, programming, vocals
Morgan Miller - gang vocals
Randall Miller - gang vocals
Shane Followay - gang vocals

Recorded and mixed at Despicable House in Nashville, TN
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Benjamin Mariano
Co-produced by John Schwallie
Additional engineering by D. Shay
Edited by Benjamin Mariano, Shane Followay, and John Schwallie
Production and mix consulting by J. Hall
Mastered by Mike Cervantes at The Foxboro

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