Lyrics: JOHN LANDON MCINTOSH
Music: JOHN LANDON MCINTOSH
Can you stand the rain when the long road gets rough
Starting out alone when the world don't show you love
No team in the corner, no label signing the line
Just a dollar and a dream running straight through the mud in time
Now Iβm on international timelines
Woke up this morning counting up the miles on the dial
A long highway stretching out for a sovereign independent mile
Started out with nothing but a pad and a physical drum machine
No massive budget funding the high-frequency dream
Just my own two hands wiring up the studio console rack
Walking through the storm with the weight of the world on my back
No labels calling shots, no suits telling me how to flow
We built the infrastructure organically from the floor below
Neumann U 48 catching the smooth baritone trace
Volt interface tracking the exact layout of the space
From the Nashville dirt up to the global server desk
We don't negotiate terms, we just secure the manifest
Can you stand the rain when the long road gets rough
Starting out alone when the world don't show you love
No team in the corner, no label signing the line
Just a dollar and a dream running straight through the mud in time
Now the entire city is mine
They thought weβd wash away when the storm started to pour
But independent sovereignty just opened up a bigger door
No marketing machine pushing files down the public throat
Just pure high-fidelity value keeping the entire ship afloat
Every single mile on the asphalt was bought and paid in full
Stepping out of the friction, breaking past the corporate pull
Now the luxury lifestyle is settling into the bones
Sitting on a master ledger that I exclusively own
Neumann U 48 catching the smooth baritone trace
Volt interface tracking the exact layout of the space
From the Nashville dirt up to the global server desk
We don't negotiate terms, we just secure the manifest
Can you stand the rain when the long road gets rough
Starting out alone when the world don't show you love
No team in the corner, no label signing the line
Just a dollar and a dream running straight through the mud in time
Now itβs international feeds ruling the timeline