Gray Child (Acoustic Version)

[Verse 1]
When your inner child turns gray
The swing set rusts in your chest
You count the cracks in the floor
Like they’re miles from the last
Hope sits small in the drawer
Wander lost its shoes

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know that look
In your tired-eyed face
Like the map got folded
And the road washed away

[Chorus]
Don’t let it all turn gray
Don’t let it all turn gray
Hold that little light
Hold that little light
We can still run wild
We can still run wild
Even now, even now
Even now

[Verse 2]
You used to chase the creek
Barefoot through the cane
Now the weeks stack high
Like rain on a pane
But there’s still a spark
In the back of your mind
Still a kid in there
Trying to survive

[Pre-Chorus]
So when the night gets long
And the doubts come loud
Let me be the hand
Pulling you out

[Chorus]
Don’t let it all turn gray
Don’t let it all turn gray
Hold that little light
Hold that little light
We can still run wild
We can still run wild
Even now, even now
Even now

[Bridge]
If the years took color
We can steal it back
From the red in your cheeks
To the beat in your step
Say my name out loud
Let it crack that shell
There’s a younger you
You can save as well

[Final Chorus]
Don’t let it all turn gray
Don’t let it all turn gray
Hold that little light
Hold that little light
We can still run wild
We can still run wild
Even now, even now
Even now