Long Route - Foxtails Brigade

With this conversation I’ve grown tired

Seems we’ve gone about this wrong

My imagination isn’t wired

To distract me for this long

I have always been the type to

Learn the hard way, take the long route

Take the long route up

Failure, disappointment, and rejection

Things the people always say

I’d encounter in my life’s direction

Still I’ve known no other way

But they tell me

I’m a slow burn

It’ll pay off, I’ll get my turn

I’ll get my turn yet

They say quick sand always pulls much faster

When you’re sinking, staring backwards

Just recall what you’ve been bound to

When you’re bound to

Take the long route up

And I get a kind of satisfaction

When I see the others fall

I guess it’s a natural reaction

When you’re up against the wall

But they tell me I’m a slow burn

It’ll pay off, I’ll get my turn

But for now we’re gonna have to

Take the long route, take the long route

Take the long route, take the long route up