Older Ground

Verse 1

They handed me the words and said just take them as they are

Never showed the hidden roots or how they travelled far

"Disaster" once meant written in the stars that went astray

"Consider" meant to sit with stars and think another way

Pre-Chorus

Pull the pieces open, see what's underneath

The meaning shifts when you look past the teeth

Chorus

We're disassembling words tonight

Finding what was buried out of sight

"Educate" once meant to lead the light out from inside

"Inspiration" was a breath that came to be our guide

These aren't just sounds we throw around

They carry older ground

So crack them open, take a look

At what was lost and what we overlooked

Verse 2

"Salary" began as salt, the wage that kept you whole

"Clue" was just a ball of thread that led you through the dark

"Nice" once meant a person who was ignorant and slow

Now we use it every day and barely even know

Pre-Chorus

Pull the pieces open, see what's underneath

The meaning shifts when you look past the teeth

Chorus

We're disassembling words tonight

Finding what was buried out of sight

"Educate" once meant to lead the light out from inside

"Inspiration" was a breath that came to be our guide

These aren't just sounds we throw around

They carry older ground

So crack them open, take a look

At what was lost and what we overlooked

What we overlooked

Guitar Solo

Bridge

Every word we speak is older than it seems

Carrying the weight of long-forgotten dreams

I'm not here to lecture, just to pull a few apart

And wonder why we stopped examining the heart

Final Chorus

We're disassembling words tonight

Finding what was buried out of sight

"Educate" once meant to lead the light out from inside

"Inspiration" was a breath that came to be our guide

These aren't just sounds we throw around

They carry older ground

So crack them open, take a look

At what was lost and what we overlooked

What we overlooked

Crowd Chant

Oh-oh-oh, crack them open

Oh-oh-oh, take a look

Oh-oh-oh, what we overlooked