The Driver

Full Song Lyrics

[Intro]
Some people are going to tell you who you are. They will tell you what you cannot do. They will say you are too much, or not enough, or that you should have given up already.

[pause]
I want to talk about a card. Strength. A woman gently closing the mouth of a lion. No sword. No shouting. No chain. And the lion is calm. That is real strength. Not force. Courage. Patience. Heart.

[warm]
Maybe you have been so busy proving yourself to everyone else that you forgot to tell yourself the truth. So let me say it for you. You are stronger than you think. You are braver than you feel. And someone believes in you right now, even if they never say it out loud.

[building]
Now The Chariot. A driver standing tall, two sphinxes pulling in different directions, one black, one white. And he holds no reins at all. He drives with his will. That is the lesson. When your thoughts pull two ways, fear and faith, doubt and hope, you decide who drives. Not them. Not your past. You.

[intensity rising]
So here is what I want you to do. Take the criticism, the doubt, the voices that say you cannot, and leave them on the road behind you. They are not coming with you.

[BAM, loud and commanding]
YOU ARE THE DRIVER! TAKE BACK THE WHEEL! NOBODY GETS TO DECIDE YOUR FUTURE BUT YOU!

[pause, drop to calm]
And remember The Wheel of Fortune. It turns. Every single time. The low point is never the final place. If you are at the bottom, you are one turn from the climb.

[rising]
So say it with me. I am strong. I am the driver. My turn is coming.

[loudest]
MY TURN IS COMING!

[slow, warm, fading]
I believe in you. Now go show them what I already know.