Amazing Grace - Brian Sturges

Now everybody's finding their own way And days feel like years these days And I've adjusted to the hustle But sometimes it gets me flustered Feel like I've been running uphill With no time to recover Take a breath Slow down Forget the rat race Cause chances are My obligations can wait But there's a place that always calms me down Beyond the shuffle of the crowds Where the lost can be found I've been hiking in my boots I've been searching for some truth I found it far beyond the blink of the city lights I've been falling out of touch With the world that has become And so I stepped outside and left it all behind Towards wild places Out here where the creeks run free Wild places you can find a little piece of peace Wild places beneath the tree tops and mountain skies Wild places where the world is allowed to thrive Wild places where the beasts roam free and far Wild places where the stars still pierce the dark Wild places take me back to the place it began Wild places to the same place where it ends It's been a long time that I've been gone But I'm coming home I'm coming home We live so close together Yet never felt more separate Imprisoned in our cell phones They got us locked up in em And no question I've been caught in the tide too A fiend for these screens like gold for the fools But I know what to do To free myself from these shackles The path less traveled takes me back To where these thoughts can unravel Like a river when it whispers Like a leaf when it falls If you listen to the stillness You can still hear the call I've been hiking in my boots I've been searching for some truth I found it far beyond the blink of the city lights I've been falling out of touch With the world that has become And so I stepped outside and left it all behind Towards wild places Out here where the creeks run free Wild places you can find a little piece of peace Wild places beneath the tree tops and mountain skies Wild places where the world is allowed to thrive Wild places where the beasts roam free and far Wild places where the stars still pierce the dark Wild places take me back to the place it began Wild places to the same place where it ends It's been a long time that I've been gone But I'm coming home I'm coming home I reckon it's out here Surrounded by the beyond That I have learned the most about the world And even more about myself Above all else it has taught me humility I have discovered that I will never be a conqueror of mountains Or a tamer of rivers For I do not own this wilderness But I can say that I will always belong to it