Lyrics
I hear my old man in the quiet sayin' earn what you keep
But don't trade all your tomorrows for the money you seek
Hear my mama in the rearview tellin' don't lose your soul
Keep your knees bent in prayer when the nights get cold
Those words didn't fade when I crossed county lines
They settled in my chest, learned the shape of my spine
Every turn that I take, every choice that I pass
I don't walk it alone - got the voices of the past
They ain't ghosts, they ain't chains
Just truth handed down through names
Every lesson built to last
Yeah, the voices of the past still talk when I'm alone
Every mile I'm drivin', every seed I've sown
They don't pull me backward, they don't make me fast
They just steady my steps
Yeah, the voices of the past
Hear my granddad say know when enough is enough
You can raise a glass, just don't lean on the stuff
Hear my grandma say if she loves you, don't stall
Treat her right the first time or don't love her at all
Funny how I shrugged when I heard it back then
Now those same damn words keep savin' me again
When the world try to bend me, test what I am
Those old voices remind me where I stand
They don't shout, they don't chase
They don't rush me through mistakes
They just rise when I get lost
Yeah, the voices of the past still talk when I'm alone
Every mile I'm drivin', every seed I've sown
They don't pull me backward, they don't make me fast
They just steady my steps
Yeah, the voices of the past
They don't live in my head, they live in my hands
In the way that I work, in the way that I stand
In the choices I make when nobody asks
That's the power of the voices of the past
Yeah, the voices of the past still walk where I go
In the dirt on my boots and the lines that I tow
If I end up half the man they hoped I'd last,
It'll still be enough
'Cause I listened to the voices of the past.
Yeah