Blueprint

Blueprint, inspired by DTF St. Louis - about relationships with strong men, when the woman they meet just see a “blueprint” for what they might improve… We met where the pavement ends and the vision begins Yeah With a hopeful heart and a pocket of sins. You saw a structure, I saw the start But you started sketching plans to tear it all apart. See, I’m a landscape of seasons, I’m a work in the grain But you’re trying to build me in the middle of the rain. You want a different finish, you want a different wall But I’m standing here solid, and I’m standing tall. Yup… 'Cause I’m a blueprint, baby, don’t redraw the frame I’m a foundation stone, not a guessing game. I’ll treat you like a queen, give you the best of my time But stop trying to rewrite the rhythm and rhyme you push on the steel, it’s gonna buckle and bend And a man loses heart when he’s doubted, my friend. But I’m standing my ground, I’m choosing to stay Loving you deeper, come what may. Yup. I see it happening in diners and city streets Yeah Where she treats him like a project she’s got to complete. He’s looking for the exit, he’s looking for air, A place where he isn't a mess to repair. It’s not that he’s broken, not that he’s flawed He’s just tired of the chisel, and the hand of the god Trying to carve out a man that she needs him to be Until he’s searching for a place where he can finally breathe. Yup. Yeah, I’m a blueprint, baby, don’t redraw the frame I’m a foundation stone, not a guessing game. I’ll treat you like a queen, give you the best of my time But stop trying to rewrite the rhythm and rhyme. If you push on the steel, it’s gonna buckle and bend And a man loses heart when he’s doubted, my friend. But I’m standing my ground, and I’m glad that I stayed Living the best life, with the choices we’ve made. Yeaaaahhhh… I’m not a statue you’re carving for show I’m a wild, rushing river that’s learning to flow. And when you see me, not for what I should do, But for the man that I am, standing right here with you... That’s when the walls come down, that’s when we shine That’s when I know you’re truly mine