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Don't You Quit

Written by Shane Pierson

This song was written because my mother asked me to write about endurance out of the blue. I love this topic. It's something that I have studied in years past, both on a spiritual level, but also on a physical level. When I thought about endurance,...

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I try my hardest, still come up short

Feels like the ending's already scored

Like fate's got notes I never see

Like I'm late to my own destiny

Fear digs in, won't let me breathe

Good intentions buried underneath

I lose the thread of why I'm here

When survival screams louder than truth ever did

I keep swinging, missing the mark

Dragging doubt through the dark

If I slow down, I start to sink

So I move through days I barely think

Don't you quit now, keep on walking

The Lord loves effort, keep on moving

Endure it well through every mile

Press through fear, don't reconcile

Faith is choosing still to trust

God sees the work, He knows what's just

However late, it's not too late

So walk by faith, don't hesitate

The rat race chews my hours thin

A world that feeds on discipline

Everything loud, nothing true

Days get spent just pushing through

I miss the call, I mute the line

Drop messages, then close my mind

He's been reaching all along

I just left my spirit on silent mode

All this motion, no direction

All this noise, no reflection

I slow down just enough to hear

What's been calling me all year

Don't you quit now, keep on walking

The Lord loves effort, keep on moving

Endure it well through every mile

Press through fear, don't reconcile

Faith is choosing still to trust

God sees the work, He knows what's just

However late, it's not too late

So walk by faith, don't hesitate

I stopped chasing the exit signs

Stopped bargaining for peace of mind

Didn't need a different road

Just needed quiet in my soul

He wasn't gone, I was loud

Lost in the speed of the crowd

When the noise finally let me be

I felt Him standing next to me

Don't you quit now, keep on walking

The Lord loves effort, keep on moving

Endure it well through every mile

Press through fear, don't reconcile

Faith is choosing still to trust

God sees the work, He knows what's just

However late, it's not too late

So walk by faith, don't hesitate

Still tired, but I'm still here

Still learning how to steer

No big ending, no parade

Just another choice I made

If endurance is the way

I'll keep walking anyway

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The Story

This song was written because my mother asked me to write about endurance out of the blue.

I love this topic. It's something that I have studied in years past, both on a spiritual level, but also on a physical level.

When I thought about endurance, I did not think about grand heroic moments. I thought about Mondays. Repetition. Fatigue. Staying engaged when nothing feels dramatic.

The lyrics pull directly from counsel that has shaped me. Words from apostles that have stuck in my mind. Do not quit. Keep walking. The Lord loves effort. Press forward. Walk by faith. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, President Russell M. Nelson, President Hunter, Elder Bednar, and others all had those incredible one-liners that just keep me grounded. So I pulled them into the Chorus as a mantra to reiterate every time life fatigue sets in.

This song is honest about distraction. About how easy it is to put God on silent while life stays loud. About how the rat race chews time thin and leaves little behind.

Endurance is not flashy. It is showing up again. Listening again. Choosing again.

This song exists to remind me and anyone listening that staying matters. Even when progress feels slow. Especially when it does.

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