Bigger Things Each Time

Bigger Things Each Time

Every loss just made the mountain mine

V1

I was ten when the playground king

Dropped me flat in the dust that spring

I tasted dirt and the sting of time

First small loss on the uphill climb

V2

Dad just laughed when he saw my face

Said “the world’s gonna test your place”

Then he wiped off the blood and grime

Said “get back up son. Take your time”

Pre1

If a boy gets beat and stands back tall

Is that the first step after a fall

Chorus

I got knocked down by bigger things each time

First a hill, then a storm, then a climb

Every loss carved a tougher spine

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time

V3

At sixteen I chased a flame

Girl with eyes like summer rain

When she left I thought life a crime

First broken heart on the climb

V4

I swung my fists at the night sky

Wondered why love passes by

But the ache wrote a quiet line

Pain teaches slow. But it teaches fine

V5

I learned the truth in barroom light

You don’t win every lonely fight

But the soul gets shaped by the grind

A bruised young heart grows a tougher mind

Pre2

If love can break you and leave you alone

Does that crack turn a boy to stone

Chorus

I got knocked down by bigger things each time

First a hill, then a storm, then a climb

Every loss carved a tougher spine

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time

V6

Twenty five and a working man

Steel toe boots and a steady plan

Then the boss said the plant would die

Whole damn town heard the siren cry

V7

Paycheck gone and the rent behind

Pride gets loud when the cupboards grind

But the road carved a deeper line

Hard days hammer a harder spine

V8

Packed a truck and I drove all night

Chasing work under highway lights

When the world swings hard and blind

You swing back with a stubborn mind

Pre3

When the ground disappears beneath your feet

Do you fold or stand in the heat

Chorus

I got knocked down by bigger things each time

First a hill, then a storm, then a climb

Every loss carved a tougher spine

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time

V9

Forty years and a father now

Trying hard just to show them how

But life won’t move by your design

It laughs at plans and redraws the line

V10

Doctor said words cold as rain

Some fights won’t bend to muscle or pain

Sat in silence counting time

Learning fear in its truest rhyme

V11

But I watched that child stand up strong

Smile like nothing could go wrong

And I saw in that quiet sign

Courage grows one defeat at a time

Pre4

If life can shake you down to the bone

What’s the thing that keeps you going on

Chorus

I got knocked down by bigger things each time

First a hill, then a storm, then a climb

Every loss carved a tougher spine

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time

V12

Now the mirror shows silver hair

Every scar saying you were there

Every loss etched a deeper line

All those storms built this spine of mine

V13

Things that once would crush my chest

Now feel small in the bigger test

Funny truth that the years define

The world gets huge. But so does your mind

V14

So when the next big shadow falls

And the mountain stands dark and tall

I just grin at the steep incline

Knowing growth lives in the climb

Pre5

When the fight is bigger than you can see

Is the man you become the key

Chorus

I got knocked down by bigger things each time

First a hill, then a storm, then a climb

Every loss carved a tougher spine

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time

Bridge

Every loss just made the mountain mine

Every scar just drew another line

Every fall built a tougher spine

Every storm said kid you’ll be fine

Outro

So when the road brings a bigger fight

And the sky goes black as night

Don’t curse the hill you have to climb

That’s how we grow. One bigger fight at a time