Stand Your Ground
Southern Grit: Stand Your Ground with IV and The Strange Band
Lyrics
Alcohol barter skills is what I'm doing now to pay these bills
Engaging in alcohol-related activities to earn money for living expenses.
No potters field or shallow grave
Not destined for a mass grave or unmarked burial site.
It ain't money I'm tryin' to save
The focus is not on saving money.
Well never did I need another
No need for another person in life.
I was never good with others
Difficulty in social interactions.
Always had to hold my cover
Always maintaining a facade or keeping one's true self hidden.
Ryman gates still make me shudder
The mention of Ryman gates induces fear or unease.
You can get right up or lay back down
Choice between getting up and facing life or staying down.
That's the life in this southern town
Describes the lifestyle in a southern town.
Well I don't care what's fallin round
Indifference to external circumstances.
Well that's the life in this southern town
Reiterating the nature of life in a southern town.
So boy stand your ground
Encouragement to stand firm or assert oneself.
I come from a stubborn blend
Coming from a resilient and unyielding background.
Like a thorn to tear the skin
Comparing oneself to a thorn, symbolizing toughness.
That's aspartame and coffee grounds
Mention of artificial sweetener (aspartame) and coffee grounds as coping mechanisms.
Is what I'm using to face these clowns
Using unconventional means to face challenges or adversaries.
I got a log
Possession of a log, possibly symbolizing stability.
I got some sod
Having some soil (sod) for grounding.
I sink my feet there in the clod
Connecting with the earth, symbolized by sinking feet into the clod (soil).
To reach and grown out through my legs
Growing and reaching out through personal development.
to touch the souls alive and dead
Connecting with both the living and the dead.
Livin life on the edge of this town
Living life on the outskirts or margins of society.
And I fall and I kiss the ground
Falling but embracing the ground, possibly symbolic of humility.
I ain't lost but I ain't found
Not entirely lost but not completely found in life's journey.
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