Lyrics

NON-NEGOTIABLE

VERSE 1
Woke up with the sun already high 
Radio was singing some kind of goodbye 
The coffee was cold, the news was strange
 I rubbed my eyes — felt the current change 
Something moved while I was sleeping tight 
Something rearranged itself in the night

PRE-CHORUS
You can hold the old map to your chest 
Or you can look up, face the rest

CHORUS
Woke up — world changed 
Nothing's as it was arranged 
The river moved, the road's renamed 
Adaptation is non-negotiable 
Yeah, the ground shifted under our feet
 And standing still is just slow defeat 
Woke up — world changed

VERSE 2
My father said son, that’s how it goes
 Generations wake to different roads 
The oak tree bends but it don't break
 And that's not weakness, it’s what it takes 
You grieve the old, you learn the new 
You put your boots on, see it through

PRE-CHORUS
You can hold the old map to your chest 
Or you can look up, face the rest

CHORUS
Woke up — world changed 
Nothing's as it was arranged 
The river moved, the road's renamed 
Adaptation is non-negotiable 
Yeah, the ground shifted under our feet 
And standing still is just slow defeat 
Woke up — world changed

BRIDGE
I'm not saying it's easy
 Lord knows I've mourned what's gone 
Some nights it gets queasy 
Trying to hold on 
But the sun came up over different hills 
And it was still the sun 
And it was still the sun

FINAL CHORUS
Woke up — world changed 
Nothing’s as it was arranged 
The river moved, the road's renamed 
Adaptation is non-negotiable 
Yeah, the ground shifted under our feet 
But we're still standing, still incomplete 
Woke up — world changed

OUTRO
Woke up... world changed... 
Woke up... world changed... 
(Adaptation is non-negotiable...)