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Backbone Lyrics by Kai Straw

2023

[Verse 1]
I was waiting for it
My "someday" to pour in
My "I made it" story
My "it's okay, you're there, breathe out"
It's like I had this
Vision, I'd someday have it
This house I saw way back when
I was a kid ridin' around

[Verse 2]
It was bigger than ours
They had some nicer cars
It look like something you'd see
Just off of Sunset Boulevard
And that shifted my mind
Like that's where happiness hides
Like that's where I need to be
Until then, I'm on the grind

[Verse 3]
And that came with shame
Like until I made
Enough to buy that place
I wasn't worth my veins

[Pre-Chorus]
So maybe I should say
As I'm underpaid, yeah
Before all my best days
Are lost along the way

[Chorus]
I got people I know
Who've got a seat in my soul
Who lift me if I fold
Or lift a drink when I don't
Maybe that’s the dream that I own
That's my receipt for my home
Like all I need to feel whole
Is a couple friends, one lover and a backbone

[Drop]
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Couple friends, and a lover and a b-
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

[Verse 4]
If I could be satisfied
Without permission from life
Without applause or a stage
Or vodka lacing my nights
There'd be nothing to chase
Nothing to lose or find
If within, I am enough
The need to prove it's a lie

[Verse 5]
So maybe my someday
Is right in my face, yeah
Maybe looking for it only takes
As you slave away

[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe I should say
As I’m underpaid, yeah
Before all my best days
Are lost along the way

[Chorus]
I got people I know
Who've got a seat in my soul
Who lift me if I fold
Or lift a drink when I don't
Maybe that's the dream that I own
That's my receipt for my home
Like all I need to feel whole
Is a couple friends, one lover and a backbone

[Drop]
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Couple friends, and a lover and a b-
Nah nah nah nah nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Couple friends, and a lover and a b-

[Outro]
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About “Backbone” by Kai Straw

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