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Artist: Glee
Canonical path: /glee/roots-before-branches
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Roots Before Branches
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Roots Before Branches
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So many things to do and say
But I can't seem to find a way
But I wanna know how
I know
I'm meant for something else
But first I gotta find myself
But I don't know how
Oh, why do
I reach for the stars
When I don't have wings
To carry me that far?
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
For me
Sometimes I don't wanna feel
And forget the pain is real
Put my head in the clouds
Oh, start to run and then I fall
Thinkin' I can't get it all
Without my feet
On the ground
There's always a seed
Before there's a rose
The more that it rains
The more I will grow
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
For me
Whatever comes
I know how to take it
Learn to be strong
I won't have to fake it
Oh, you're understandin'
Oh, but we can come
And do what's best
Roaming north and south, east to west
But I'll still
Be standing
I'm standing
If I have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I gonna be
And faith
Oh, to take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
And live like I see
A place in this world
For me
I gotta have
Roots before branches
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