The track is a slower track, similar to โRemember Thisโ and โMy Life.โ It also features the only feature on the album, Ruelle. The intro and outro of the track are played in reverseโwhich is why the lyrics are in italics.
This song was used in the NBAโs pump up video, โThe Response.โ
10 Feet Down
NF Lyrics
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I look at him everyday and think he's not enough
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
I skim through, I've been through it, they laugh at us
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judgeYeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things that I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, ah
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
Just so that we can make it to the top, and wonder what we're even climbing after
I know the feeling of feeling like everything you deal with will never change
That's part of being a human, yeah
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, ah
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
In "10 Feet Down," NF tells a story of his struggle with being content with who he is and where he is in life. He starts with admitting that he's not perfect and sometimes feels inadequate. He also admits that he's not very open about his life, and even though he's in his mid-twenties, he still feels like he's in the beginning of his journey. Through these lines, he's expressing that he's experienced setbacks and challenges during his life, but still, he's striving to be something great.
He then talks about how the church has been where he's discovered God but also where he's felt criticized or judged. Through the next few lines, he touches on how there's been times where he felt like no one ever listened to him and felt like his voice wasn't being heard. He's allowing us a glimpse inside his mind and even owns up to living life through comments from others. He admits that he was motivated by things people told him he would never be, and then he became it. He's owning that this is his everything.
The chorus is where the main theme is repeated throughout the song, of hard days and cold nights, staring at an empty cup, and yet rising up. The pre-chorus continues the theme of the different struggles he's faced in life, but this time, he talks about how his fans made him who he is, but they also deceived him. He's learning that some things in life are hidden beneath the surface, and sometimes people have ulterior motives. He tells about how he's tired of people deceiving him, and he's got his hoodie up, so no one can see him. It's making him feel like he's losing his mind again. Finally, he says that even though sometimes things seem too difficult to overcome, he's going to rise up above it all.
In conclusion, "10 Feet Down" is a unique and impactful composition by NF that beautifully describes his personal journey from fear and insecurity to confidence and fulfillment. The lyrics are thought-provoking, and the music adds another layer to the raw emotion that NF puts into his music.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah I know the person in the mirror's not a perfect one
I am aware that the reflection I see in the mirror is flawed and far from perfect.
I look at him everyday and think he's not enough
Everyday, I am dissatisfied with what I see in the mirror and think I am not good enough.
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
My life feels like a book filled with experiences that I do not want to revisit or share.
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
Despite reaching the age of twenty-six, I feel like I am still at the beginning of my life.
I skim through, I've been through it, they laugh at us
I often just skim through the pages of my life story, and others sometimes ridicule me for it.
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
Others find humor in my struggles and laugh at me.
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Throughout my life, I felt like no one truly heard or cared about what I had to say.
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge
I found a connection with God through church, but I also learned to be judgmental of others.
Yeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I had to come to the realization that there is a difference between what I desire and what I truly need.
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things that I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
I have always been fueled by the negative comments from people regarding what I can never accomplish, and I work hard to prove them wrong because achieving it means everything to me.
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
I have a lot going on inside my mind that others cannot see, and if they were to know, they would likely be horrified. I do not want to be lectured about it.
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
I want people to let me be myself, to see me as I am, and to let me breathe without trying to change me. I will not let others' opinions take away my energy or change who I am.
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
My fans helped me become who I am, but they have also deceived me. I feel like I am living life like I am constantly grieving.
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I am surrounded by people who are not honest with me, but I do not let their lies affect me. I hide my face with my hoodie so others cannot see my emotions.
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
As I am about to fly again, I take a moment to admire the view outside the window. I wonder about how high up I am and where all the time has gone.
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, ah
After admiring the view, I close the window and feel like I am losing my sanity.
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
It feels like everyone is trying to climb to the top of their respective ladders in life, and some people do whatever it takes to climb the ladder faster.
It's like we throw away the things in life that really matter
Just so that we can make it to the top, and wonder what we're even climbing after
We tend to neglect the important things in our lives, and put them on hold just so we can climb to the top faster. In the end, we may question what we are even climbing for.
I know the feeling of feeling like everything you deal with will never change
That's part of being a human, yeah
I understand the sensation of despairing that my circumstances will never improve. This feeling is a common experience among all human beings.
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, ah
Life is what you make of it; we should take it, embrace it, cherish it, and enjoy it. Life is not about what we did, but about the person we have become.
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
We all desire what we do not have. Sometimes the idea of the good life seems better because we do not have it. We all crave something that is missing from our lives.
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
I have faced numerous difficult days and cold nights, feeling like my cup is empty. However, I will fill it up and keep rising up despite being ten feet down for nearly my whole life.
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Devin Guisande, Elley Frances Duhe, Kyle Austin Guisande, Nate Feuerstein
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@dh31409
Jesus and his apostles:
Judge with righteous judgment.
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brotherโs eye. Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
Do you not know that we shallย judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself isย rightlyย judged by no one.
@whitetigeryt5496
I have been listening to this song on repeat trying to drown out the noise around me and focusing on the lyrics "The good life doesn't seem so bad. A good life doesn't seem so sad. Yeah we all want what we never had." Its so true. I love NF songs because they are sending messages to the people who are listening to them.
NF's music literally saved myself from suicide once. I had decided I didn't want to live anymore so then I took a knife and I went and told everyone goodbye and then my best friend sent me this song and since I thought I was gonna die soon I listened to it and decided to stay instead because the lyrics were so true. A week later my best friend that saved my life by sending me this song had been shot and killed on our way to school...
@2bleMcScooble
@@leannetownsend2755 A reminder to us all.
People chase feelings. That's why millionaires and the like commit suicide.
"When I get this much money, then my life will be good."
"I'll be happy when..."
Throw out the pursuit of happiness. Happiness is a choice. I'm not saying that you're sad or depressed because you choose not to be happy, but things don't make you happy. Money doesn't make you happy.
Find what makes you happy. Not just one person who makes you happy and you can't breathe without them.
Smile. Look at pictures of puppies. Pray. Go out in nature. Write poetry. Draw. Take photographs.
Make art. Even if it isn't good. Even if you know it's bad. That's great, it means you see things you want to improve on. You should see the way I draw. It's not perfect, but you can easily tell what you're looking at. My friends like it.
How well do you draw? Not just people or specific things, but anything.
Now, think back to when you were small. How well did you draw back then?
You've already improved so much! Want to know a secret? Now, this isn't my secret, not some random person-on-the-internet secret, but something I learned from people much wiser than me who have made it.
You see, professionals are just amateurs who didn't quit.
How much can you learn in five, ten minutes? Not much? Not true.
This is the information age. We have 3-minute YouTube videos that will teach. If I told a child that paper comes from trees, the time it would take to learn that is little more than the time I took to say it!
What about an hour? A day? A week? Month?
What about six months? What about twice that? A year, two years, three years...
My point is, happiness is found. It isn't chased and caught. It is made.
Happiness is made from time spent with loved ones. Happiness is made to do your bidding.
Happiness is a dog. If you chase it, it will run from you, but if you sit down and command it to come to you, it will bow down and bend to your will and it will heel.
Take control of happiness.
@BlurTrigr
Intro: Ruelle]
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
[Verse 1: NF]
Yeah, I know the person in the mirror's not a perfect one
I look at him every day and think he's not enough
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
I skim through it, I've been through it, they laugh at us
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge
Yeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things they think I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Verse 2: NF]
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, agh!
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
It's like we throw away the things in life that really matter
Just so that we can make it to the top, and wonder what we're even climbing after
I know the feeling of feeling like everything you deal with will never change
That's part of being a human, yeah
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, agh!
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up (Oh, yeah)
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Bridge: Ruelle]
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah, we all want what we never had, whoa
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Bridge: Ruelle]
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah, we all want what we never had
Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
[Outro: Ruelle]
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
@ShapieShariff
10 FEET DOWN LYRICS
[Intro: Ruelle]
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
[Verse 1: NF]
Yeah, I know the person in the mirror's not a perfect one
I look at him every day and think he's not enough
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
I skim through it, I've been through it, they laugh at us
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge
Yeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things they think I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Verse 2: NF]
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, agh!
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
It's like we throw away the things in life that really matter
Just so we could make it to the top and wonder what we're even climbing after
I know the feeling of feeling like everything that you deal with
Don't never change, that's part of being a human, yeah
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, agh!
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up (Oh, yeah)
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Bridge: Ruelle]
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah, we all want what we never had, whoa
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[Bridge: Ruelle]
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah, we all want what we never had
[Chorus: Ruelle]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
[Outro: Ruelle]
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
@nick2232
Lyrics!!!
[Ruelle:]
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
[NF:]
Yeah I know the person in the mirror's not a perfect one
I look at him every day and think he's not enough
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
I skim through, I've been through it, they laugh at us
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge
Yeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things they think I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You'll probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
[Ruelle:]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
[NF:]
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, ah!
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
It's like we throw away the things in life that really matter
Just so that we can make it to the top, and wonder we're even climbing after
I know the feeling of feeling like everything you deal with will never change
That's part of being a human, yeah
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, ah!
[Ruelle:]
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Cold nights, cold nights, long night
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All night, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
@alexandravyvyan6999
Lyrics
Yeah I know the person in the mirror's not a perfect one
I look at him everyday and think he's not enough
My life's a book that I don't really like to open up
I'm twenty-six, but I feel like I live in chapter one
I skim through, I've been through it, they laugh at us
You think it's funny, yeah, laugh it up
I always felt like no one listened to me, that's how I grew up
Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge
Yeah, I had to learn there's a difference between
What you want, and what you really need
I've always been motivated by comments from people tellin' me
Things that I'll never be, and then I become it, this is my everything
There's so much that goes on in my head that people will never see
You probably be terrified of my memories, don't lecture me
Let me be, let me see, let me breathe, how they remember me
Doesn't alter who I am as a person to take my energy, yeah
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
Yeah, my fans made me who I am, but they also deceived me
I've been allowed to live life like I'm already grieving
I'm at a table of lies, but don't eat what they feed me
My hoodie over my face, so nobody can see me
I'm on a plane, 'bout to fly again
Looking out the window, take a moment to admire it
Wondering how high it is, wonder where the time has went
Then I shut the window and go back to feeling like I'm out my mind again, ah
Yeah, seems like we're all trying to climb a ladder
It's crazy what we'll do to climb it faster
It's like we throw away the things in life that really matter
Just so that we can make it to the top, and wonder what we're even climbing after
I know the feeling of feeling like everything you deal with will never change
That's part of being a human, yeah
Life's what you make of it, take it, embrace it, and take it, and savor it
Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it, ah
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
All day, all night
Ten feet down nearly my whole life
But I'll be rising, rising up
We all want what we never had
The good life doesn't seem so bad
The good life doesn't seem so sad
Yeah we all want what we never had
Hard days, cold nights
Staring down at an empty cup like
I'ma fill, I'ma fill it up
@stormyphillips251
"Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge." That lyric hits SO deep.
@Lordvestage1313
i hate when Christians judge you..this is coming from a christian
@thewesternreport2654
Don't confuse correction with judgment
@silas6220
Judging is not what christ wants thou, but there are so many christians judging others, sadly sometimes everyone judges others and thats not ok
@dh31409
Jesus and his apostles:
Judge with righteous judgment.
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brotherโs eye. Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
Do you not know that we shallย judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself isย rightlyย judged by no one.
@Devi_ka
Tbh honest when I was little church made me homophobic. Hopefully I'm not anymore but the way they talk about homosexuals, at least where I was, even made me question religion. People are fuck up, christians or not.
@bryankendall9188
Who's glad that NF became a rapper one of the best rappers
@Aari-mu1fl
Not one of
HE IS THE BEST
@scribblekitty__
NF RealMusicTillTheDayWeDie I mean you ainโt wrong doe ๐ณ
@alexwolf3762
Me bruh