I spent a lot of years looking up at somebody’s hill
Kept my steps small so he could feel a little taller still
Smiled through dinners where my name got left off the toast
Lived like a guest in a life I was paying for the most
Then I stopped measuring myself against a man who wouldn’t stay
Packed the last excuse and I walked the long way
No more trading my evenings for a maybe and a shrug
I found a ridge of my own and I learned how to love
They kept saying a good woman knows when to come down
I said the view from up here is the one I want around
I’m on higher ground, and I’m not coming back!
I don’t shrink my life just to fit inside your track!
I paid my own way, I know my own name
Every mile I walked here, I can walk it again!
Yeah, I stand where I can see, I don’t beg for a view
Call me steady, call me done — I’m still true!
I’m on higher ground, baby — and the air is new!
Friends keep asking if it’s quiet with the lights on just for one
I just pour the coffee slow and say the quiet’s finally won
I don’t leave a chair pulled out for a story that won’t land
I keep the table honest and I keep my own hand
No more lowering the standard so a half-love can fit
I take the whole horizon and I live in it
They kept saying a good woman knows when to come down
I said the view from up here is the one I want around
I’m on higher ground, and I’m not coming back!
I don’t shrink my life just to fit inside your track!
I paid my own way, I know my own name
Every mile I walked here, I can walk it again!
Yeah, I stand where I can see, I don’t beg for a view
Call me steady, call me done — I’m still true!
I’m on higher ground, baby — and the air is new!
And when the old ache tries to call me off the ridge again
I remember what it cost me every time I let him in
No more needing someone else to tell me I belong
I became the higher ground I waited on so long
I’m on higher ground, and I’m not coming back! (not coming back!)
I don’t shrink my life just to fit inside your track!
I paid my own way, I know my own name
Every mile I walked here, I can walk it again!
Yeah, I stand where I can see, I don’t beg for a view
Call me steady, call me done — this life is new!
I’m on higher ground, baby — and I’m staying too!
Yeah… higher ground…
And the air is new…
"Higher Ground" (Official Video 2026) is a modern country storytelling release by Botwilder. Watch the official music video on YouTube or stream across your favorite music platform.
“I’m on higher ground, and I’m not coming back! / I don’t shrink my life just to fit inside your track!”
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