My Own Way Home

powerful, confident, female vocal, banjo, balalaika, lute, santur, hang drum, taiko

[Verse 1] I set my boots on the ridge at dawn Dust on my coat, but the road goes on You can keep your map and your locked front door I know what my two hands are for [Pre-Chorus] I have carried the weight, I have counted the cost I have crossed every line they told me was lost [Chorus] I won’t bend, I won’t break I choose the ground I’m standing on You can call the storm awake I’ll be here when it has gone I won’t bend, I won’t break I make my own way home [Verse 2] Your old brass key can’t turn my name Your narrow rules all sound the same I learned my strength where the hard winds start With a steady hand and an open heart [Pre-Chorus] I have carried the weight, I have counted the cost I have crossed every line they told me was lost [Chorus] I won’t bend, I won’t break I choose the ground I’m standing on You can call the storm awake I’ll be here when it has gone I won’t bend, I won’t break I make my own way home [Bridge] Look me in the eye; I’m not asking to stay I have found my voice, and I’m taking my way No borrowed crown, no borrowed throne What I build with these hands is my own [Final Chorus] I won’t bend, I won’t break I choose the ground I’m standing on You can call the storm awake I’ll be here when it has gone I won’t bend, I won’t break I make my own way home [Outro] My own way home My own way home