I Think Lyrics

I think it's time we got back to basics, cuz we ain't ourselves anymore

Let's face it, sure we all want a sure thing, but wait, only guarantee we have with chance

Is we'll miss it unless we take it

So shake it, talking about nerves, that feeling that you might not make it

The problem is really that up until now, you probably thought you could fake it

You probably thought you could fake it

But there's too much at stake to pretend you can handle the wakes when the ship's revving up without brakes

And somewhere between here and the top of the song, you realized you made a mistake

You want a clean slate, but you got a chip on your shoulder, and time's running late

That's bowling you over

The gutter you rolled so repeatedly

Now you're just pinned to the floor thinking this is just great

I think the reason I work so much is work is avertin' unearthin' some crush

That'll crush what I've built up, developed, and such from the muck I was born in

And I'd rather clutch to my wife and the family God's given this schmuck

Like I'm worth or deserving all this love he's serving me

But to be honest, it's kind of unnerving to be in his service

And have to account for each choice

And endure consequences of choosing the things I prefer over what God wants for me

Especially when opening up's on the table, to lay out my cards

Sometimes I'm not able to show him my hand

I'm uncertain if I can perform when they pull back the curtain

These stages of life we go through always learning and doubting ourselves

While these passions are burning

Eventually, maybe I'll actually recall there's just one place that I should be turning

I think I'm finally laying it down

I think I'm finally coming around

I think I'm finally, I think I'm finally laying it down

I think

I think I'm finally hearing his voice, after all of these years

I thought I was hearing it, but it turns out it was noise

And now the noise clears

It's drastic, the difference to see it appear and employ every whisper to task

And sit back and just bask in the still unbelieved and incredible fact

That I got a wife and she's out of this world

That's why I don't want to be out in this world

With its slippery slopes intercepting my steps

Calculating how quickly I'm falling

Forgetting its rise over run

Maybe I should be setting my mind on the one up above when I'm tested

Temptation is strong and I still got my eyes

All along I've been bested to prioritize

The difference between thinking I can get by

And my choosing to simply just do what is wise

I think my life's pretty good at the moment

But why is it me

I guess someone should own it

But good is complacent compared to the place it could be

But I noticed my hesitancy to agree and concede completely to the hand that is feeding my life like a bowl full Of fruit to a king

Life is just peachy, yes life is all cherries

More often than not I find I'm at the center, and it's all the pits 'stead of merry though

Facing another engagement of war with myself thinking, here we go

Can we not do this

Cause I know I'm gonna lose based solely on who I am talking to

But it's for the best and I know everything is true

No longer refuse to comply

I think it's about time that I fully give in to you

I think I'm finally laid it down

I think I'm finally coming around

I think I'm finally, I think I'm finally laying it down

I think

I think I'm done trying to do this dream my way

I'll say one more time, I won't waste another day

Gotta stay in His will, better pray, go or stay

It's clear in my heart

Flip the switch so the message will relay to my brain

And sound plain, unashamed

Gentle, but not tame 'cause that's lame and my claim

Is walking every word that my God's saying

I'm not playing games

Have you caught anything that I'm throwing yet

Should I explain

See I think the trouble with citizens is what we're living in

Everyone wanting a civil war to conceal their sinning in

It's like a bigger penitentiary they can put their prisons in

So every criminal inside can run around

Still killing and stealing, destroying and dealing with such force you change course

Leaving the good behind you know inside ought to be yours

But somehow we struggle to find among it the remorse to turn back

Hold on a minute, it's gonna get worse

Why

Cause I think the reason is simple why they want a civil war

Boiled down, civility really isn't civil no more

And whether you like it or if it tickles those senses of yours

Like a punch in the stomach, it's still true to the core

But you ignore what I'm trying to say

Your eyes shut, saying shut up, fingers all in your ears

Keeping 'em plugged, shoulders shrugged up, face all in tears

But still you're running and pushing and shoving and shouting and yelling out

We don't want to hear it no more

And I think by now that we really ought to know better

Than to use the measure of another man's work to measure

Or qualify the quality of whatever effort we've grown accustomed to as better

As if it was good enough forever

Just because the others didn't step it up

When they were laying down the fundamentals of a life they're now messing up

So why you follow them like they have answers

I guess it's because with your closed eyes they really look like they're something, huh

I think we ought to be laying it down

I think we ought to be coming around

I think

We should get back to basics

We should get back, back

I think

We should get back to basics

Yeah, we should get back, back

I think we ought to be laying it down

I think we ought to be coming around

I think

We should get back to basics

We should get back, back

I think

We should get back to basics

Yeah, we should get back, back

We should get back to basics

We should get back, back

We should get back to basics

Yeah, we should get back, back