Roots Before Branches Lyrics

Rachel:
So many things
To do and say
But I can't seem
To find my way
But I wanna know how
I know
I'm meant
For something else
But first
I gotta find myself
But I don't know how

Rachel with Finn harmonizing:
Oh, why do
I reach for the stars
When I don't have wings
To carry me that far?

Rachel with Finn:
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
For me

Rachel (Finn):
Sometimes
I don't wanna feel
(Sometimes
I don't wanna feel)

And forget the pain
Is real
(And forget the pain
Is real)

Put my head
In the clouds

Oh, start to run
And then I fall
(start to run
And then I fall)
Seein'
I can't get it all
Without my feet
On the ground
(Seein'
I can't get it all
Without my feet
On the ground)

Rachel:
There's always a seed
Before there's a rose
The more that it rains
The more I will grow

Rachel with Finn:
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
For me

Rachel:
Whatever comes
I know how to take it
Learn to be strong
I won't have to fake it
Oh, you're understandin'
Oh, but when you come
And do it best
There ain't nothin'
To stoppin' east to west
(I'm not sure
if this is right)
But I'll still
Be standing
I'll be standing
Rachel & Finn with New Directions:
I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am (To know who I am)
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world

I gotta have
Roots before branches
To know who I am
Before I know
Who I wanna be
And faith

New Directions:
To take chances
To live like I see
A place in this world
For me

Rachel:
I gotta have
Roots before branches