Buried

Verse 1

I kept my future on a shelf

Right beside the things I planned to do

Every year I'd dust it off and promise

"This time I'll finally follow through"

But the shelf got crowded over time

With all the chances that I saved

Funny how the safest place to hide a dream

Can slowly turn into its grave

Chorus

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Buried, buried

Said, "Maybe next year"

Thought I was keeping them safe

Keeping them somewhere they couldn't disappear

But every spring I tell myself

The same thing I've said for years

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Verse 2

I watched the years stack up like boxes

In the corner of a room

Full of plans I swore I'd get to

After one more perfect year

I kept waiting for confidence

To finally take my hand

But courage never comes from waiting

It shows up when you stand

And I never stood

Chorus

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Buried, buried

Said, "Maybe next year"

Thought I was keeping them safe

Keeping them somewhere they couldn't disappear

But every spring I tell myself

The same thing I've said for years

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Bridge

Maybe failure isn't fatal

Maybe fear's the heavier chain

'Cause nothing grows beneath the dirt

No matter how you guard the grain

Maybe the gifts You gave me

Were never meant to stay concealed

Maybe I knew that all along

Final Chorus

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Buried, buried

Year after year after year

Thought I was keeping them safe

Thought I was being sincere

Now every time I walk outside

I know exactly where they are

Buried, buried

My dreams in the backyard of fear

Outro

And every spring I tell myself

Maybe next year