You Can't Take It Away

from Free Machine (Deluxe version) by Toby Ganger

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lyrics

I’m on the outside looking in
thinking about what could have been
too much safety can be dangerous
wish I understood that then
regrets
of holding onto secrets
sacrificing myself
finding someone to make peace with
striving to move up but
every ideal is a judge
looking down the path ahead
and find that my feet wouldn’t budge
self inflicted
failure is addictive
till you hit the bottom and gotta
risk it or you missed it

gooooo
ahead and criticize me
do it whatever way you like
woooooooah
tell me I inspire you
either way i’ll be alright

you can break my heart, but I know, you can’t take it away
underneath the scars i found my light now, nah nah nah nah you can’t make it fade
i know the cycles of life are gonna get us and things won’t always be okay
but you can’t take my soul away

i put myself out there
in front of everyone
hoping I connected to
some other people when I’m done
the criticism hit
i was listening a bit
interested in if
I simply missed something legit
so i just ignored the rest
more or less
especially the compliments
i got it’s probably for the best
if you lift me up
you can also tear me down
don’t want this because
i need to keep my feet here on the ground

gooooo
ahead and criticize me
do it whatever way you like
woooooooah
tell me I inspire you
either way i’ll be alright

you can break my heart, but I know, you can’t take it away
underneath the scars i found my light now, nah nah nah nah you can’t make it fade
i know the cycles of life are gonna get us and things won’t always be okay
but you can’t take my soul away

walking through the fire getting stronger from the flames
alriiiiight
blood of a warrior marching through my veins
allllll niiiiight
you can’t break me, you can’t break me, you can’t break me down
you can’t break me, you can’t break me, you can’t break me down
oooo, na na na na, oooh
na na na na, oooh
na na na na, oooh
c’mon

gooooo
ahead and criticize me
do it whatever way you like
woooooooah
tell me I inspire you
either way i’ll be alright

you can break my heart, but I know, you can’t take it away
underneath the scars i found my light now, nah nah nah nah you can’t make it fade
i know the cycles of life are gonna get us and things won’t always be okay
but you can’t take my soul away

credits

from Free Machine (Deluxe version), released November 17, 2023
Written by Toby Ganger
Vocals by Toby Ganger
Produced by MGI & Kashwell for M-Eazy Music
Horns by Stella Kullström
Recorded at M-Eazy Studios in Lahti, Finland
Additional vocals by Dustin Warren and Jimetta Rose Smith
Mixed by Bob Horn
Mastered by Shachar Boussani