Stories (Down to the Bottom)

[Intro: TruDog]
Stories, we all got 'em

[Chorus]
We've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air
To let the lost know that someone cares

'Cause we've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

[Verse 1: TobyMac]
I never knew that it would feel like this
When the two that raise you up and call it quits
Nobody told me 'bout the emptiness
When the place you call home is closed for business

I push the pain down, I gotta get by (Get by)
Always knowin' in my heart that it ain't gonna fly
Rock bottom's never felt so near before
And if pain is God's megaphone, it's loud and clear

So hold me now, Father, human love ain't enough
I've failed and been failed by the people I love
But Your faithful arms, they surround me
And any other soul who has to sail those seas
Of a broken family

[Chorus]
See, we've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air
To let the lost know that someone cares

'Cause we've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

[Verse 2: Matt Dally]
Been so many times that I've been close to rock bottom
Tryin' to look for answers, but nobody's got 'em
Like the time my mother looked me in the eye, tryin' not to cry
Tellin' me the cancer might cause her to die

How can this be? I thought that God loved me
So why would He try to take my mother from me?
And as I cry myself to sleep at night, holding on my pillow tight
He spoke to me and said that everything gonna be alright

So I tried to fight all the pain that it caused
I try to move on, and I try to stay strong
So put your hands up (Come on), if y'all are feelin' me
And put your hands up (Come on), for everyone to see
So put your hands up (Come on), we all are family
So put your hands up (Get ‘em up in the air), in unity, it’s unity

[Chorus]
See, we've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air (Hands up)
To let the lost know that someone cares

'Cause we've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there, put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

[Break: TobyMac]
We've been down to the bottom
Stories, we got 'em
If you been there, put your hands in the air
Put your hands in the air

[Verse 3: Tricia Brock & TobyMac]
I've been there too (There too)
When everything falls apart and the best you can do is
Get through (Get through) each day
Wonderin', “Will this never end? Is it always gonna be this way?”

And the greatest lie you ever been told is
You're the only one to ever walk on this road
And now you'll never see the light of dawn
So we came together to say (Together to say), "Hold on"

'Cause we've been there and found our way home
I promise you that you're not on your own
One day this will pass, God will see us all through
God will see us all through, God will see us all pass through

[Chorus: TobyMac with Tricia Brock]
(Get ‘em up)
See, we've been down to the bottom (What)
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom (What)
If you been there, put your hands in the air (Hands up)
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

'Cause we've been down to the bottom (To the bottom)
Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom (What)
If you been there, put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

'Cause we've been down to the bottom
(Stories, we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom) Stories, we got 'em
If you been there, put your hands in the air (Hey)
Put your hands in the air, put your hands in the air

[Outro: TobyMac]
Hey, get a job!
Yeah… (‘preciate it)

I'm gone out on the road again
She's back there all alone again
Wonderin’, “When will it ever end
For her, or for me? For her, for me?”

I'm gone out on the road again
She's back there all alone again
Wonderin’, “When will it ever end
For her, or for me?”

Who’s that man playing guitar?
He just wants people to give him money...