OneRepublic - Preacher

[00:28.00] When I was a kid [00:30.37] I used to buy and sell gravity [00:34.55] I knew how to fly [00:37.02] And I could teach you for a fee [00:42.00] Broke every window in my hotel heart [00:48.75] When I was only 5 years old [00:51.21] The 12 years scarred [00:55.47] And I'd hear the same voice [00:58.01] Echo in my mind [01:02.36] Said 'son you got an angel, to chase the devil at the night' [01:09.28] When I was a kid [01:11.49] My grandfather was a preacher [01:15.97] He'd talk about God [01:18.10] Yeah he was something like a teacher [01:22.63] He said, "God only helps those who learn to help themselves" [01:28.61] He was a million miles from a million dollars [01:32.31] But you could never spend his wealth [01:36.78] I took a little faith [01:39.50] And put it in a parking lot [01:43.65] I drove to a strange town [01:45.85] Full of have and have nots [01:50.35] And as I walked through that storybook life [01:57.05] I've been looking for an angel to chase the devil at the night [02:03.08] Oh! oh! oh! [02:04.12] When I was a kid [02:06.12] My grandfather was a preacher [02:10.73] He'd talk about love [02:12.88] Yeah he was something like a teacher [02:17.64] He said, "God only helps those who learn to help themselves" [02:23.41] He was a million miles from a million dollars [02:27.32] But you could never spend his wealth [02:31.58] [02:44.63] Wave [02:46.98] Put your hands up and hands down [02:51.78] Wave [02:53.46] Put your hands up and hands down [02:58.80] Wave [03:00.33] Put your hands up and hands down [03:05.87] When I was a kid [03:07.86] My grandfather was a preacher [03:12.75] He'd talk about life [03:14.83] Yeah he was something like a teacher [03:19.45] He said, "God only helps those who learn to help themselves" [03:25.34] He was a million miles from a million dollars [03:28.90] But you could never spend his wealth [03:32.07] [03:38.96] He was a million miles from a million dollars [03:42.87] But you could never spend his wealth [03:44.71]