"What You Find" by Tyler Braden moves through the wreckage left after a breakup, where a handwritten birthday note, a hair tie in the truck, and a forgotten t-shirt become landmines that stall any attempt at moving on. The new bars and longer drives home only prove that old habits can't numb this fresh kind of pain. The song turns on the contrast between who he was and who he should have been, settling into the hard truth that losing everything reveals every wrong he can't undo.
What You Find Lyrics by Tyler Braden
“I can’t believe that you’re turning thirty” on a handwritten note
A hair tie at the bottom of the console of my Silverado
An “I Heart Dallas” t-shirt still in the suitcase
How fast the room can spin when you’re drinking alone
How high your hopes can get when you hear your phone
How far you can push before she breaks
That’s what you find
This side of goodbye
What she left behind that pulls the plug on moving on
All the hurt in the words of an old love song
Who you were, who you weren’t but shoulda been all along
All the wrongs you can’t make right
That’s what you find
When you lose it all
New friends, and new bars and a new longer way home from work
Old habits don’t do the trick on this new kinda hurt
Where memories hide what time doesn’t heal
How hitting rock bottom feels
That’s what you find
This side of goodbye
What she left behind that pulls the plug on moving on
All the hurt in the words of an old love song
Who you were, who you weren’t but shoulda been all along
All the wrongs you can’t make right
That’s what you find
When you can’t fall asleep or get back on your feet
When you lose your mind and your everything
That’s what you find
That’s what you find
That’s what you find
This side of goodbye
What she left behind that pulls the plug on moving on
All the hurt in the words of an old love song
Who you were, who you weren’t but shoulda been all along
All the wrongs you can’t make right
That’s what you find
When you lose it all
When you lose it all
