Let These 30 Zach Bryan Lyrics Play On Your Heartstrings

An honorably discharged navy seal, Zach Bryan has a lot to say and is not afraid to express this through his music, with his lyrics resonating for many people. Read 30 lyrics taken from some of his greatest songs.

Singer-songwriter Zach Bryan was officially introduced to making music when he received his first guitar at 14 years old; it was not long after this that he could play and write songs. No one expected this Oklahoma native to become a country music star. Instead, he saw a future in the navy, enlisting as soon as he was allowed to do so.

During his free time at the navy, he played music, and during his time off from the navy, he and his companions decided to make some music together simply for fun.

This decision ended up in his first debut album, "DeAnn." Gaining positive feedback for the album, he continued to release albums such as "Elisabeth" in 2020 and the triple album "American Heartbreak" in 2022.

Read these 30 touching lyrics below from some of his greatest songs.

Zach Bryan’s quote from "Condemned": “And the girls that walk downtown are like some stars that fell to earth/ They like the veins in my arms, the story in my hurt” |Image: AmoDays

Lyrics from Zach Bryan's Most Popular Songs

"Remember northwest mountains that were snow-capped in June

You were napping on my arms on a Sunday afternoon

But babe, I've gotta heal myself from the things I've never felt

Repression is my heaven, but I'd rather go through hell"

— "From Austin" by Zach Bryan

"I'm movin' at God speed

Only God and my mama know what I need

And I feel the hardwood floors on my knees

As I beg you just to take it easy on me"

— "God Speed" by Zach Bryan

"I'd like to get lost on some old back road

Find a shade tree and a honey hole

And talk to my grandpa again

And I see God in everything

The trees and pain and nights in the spring."

— "Burn, Burn, Burn" by Zach Bryan

"Boys we've got a riser, a riser in our midst

He will get the last laugh if it's the last thing he did

And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud

But now he's skipping town and that riser's out for blood"

— "Heading South" by Zach Bryan

"And the girls that walk downtown are like some stars that fell to earth

They like the veins in my arms, the story in my hurt”

— "Condemned" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan's lyrics from "Heading South": "Boys we've got a riser, a riser in our midst/ He will get the last laugh if it's the last thing he did/ And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud/But now he’s skipping town and that riser's out for blood” | Image: AmoDays

Romantic Lyrics from Zach Bryan's Most Popular Songs

"And I miss the way you followed

When you jaywalked in the street

How you always talked more trash

Than any boy bad mouthing me"

— "Letting Someone Go" by Zach Bryan

"Well I heard you died out in Cheyenne

With my mother's ring on your hand

A note in your pocket

Said 'I'll love you till I die'"

— "Open The Gate" by Zach Bryan

"If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way

The orange touches all things around

The grass trees and dew, how I just hate you

Please turn those headlights around"

— "Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan

"Find someone who grows flowers in the darkest parts of you

Take heed when things get hard and don't you ever turn around

'Cause you'll find someone, someday, somewhere

That grows you to the clouds"

— "Sun to Me" by Zach Bryan

"And I've been roofing houses atop of homes I can't afford

But I'm saving all my pennies and I'm praying to the Lord

One day we'll make it through all this barely gettin' by

I'm taking out my woman and we're dancing barefoot tonight"

— "Quittin' Time" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan’s lyrics from "Letting Someone Go”: "And I miss the way you followed/ When you jaywalked in the street/ How you always talked more trash/ Than any boy bad mouthing me” | Image: AmoDays

Zach Bryan's Lyrics from Hidden Gems

"There's a fire burnin' in the basement

That I'd only stoke for you

Freeze my whole life

If you felt warmth all the way through

You have given hope

Where hope is hard to find

Hate the man I am

But I'll love him when you're mine"

— "Mine" by Zach Bryan

"Your tears smeared from your makeup

And we are here in the wake of

A fire burning down our love

And I feel a filth now

I feel it deep within my bones"

— "Cold Blooded" by Zach Bryan

"Gather round this table boys

Bring your shame. I'll lose my voice

Screaming at the gods about the bad we've done

Merle said mama tried but the prison still won

Your transgressions are mine as well

Anger grows in my bones if you could not tell"

— "Revival" by Zach Bryan

"I've heard all the stories of you back in your prime

How you held all your pride in hands stained

And you'd go to work for breadcrumbs and dirt

So your kids could stand tall in their name"

— "Old Man" by Zach Bryan

"When you told me you'd hold it

My late mama's ring

And I'd sneak away at the end of each day

To write sonnets for you I could sing"

— "Shivers Down Spines" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan’s lyrics from "Crooked Teeth”: "And I would ride through Colorado on a rocky stretch of road/ With no one who loves me as far as telephone poles go/ I wish I was a trusted man, but a trusted man is weak/The only thing worth trusting is some brass through crooked teeth” | Image: AmoDays

"Well, the curves down your back

Remind me of those railroad tracks

That we jump and not look back

In our youth

And the brown in your eyes

Reminds me of those morning skies

Where the sun would try to hide

Behind the roof

The way those rivers flow in July

Keeps the lakes from going dry

It reminds me of what you do to my

Angry heart"

— "Moon in Oklahoma" by Zach Bryan

"All the moments that we've been through

All the memories we've made

I don't think God'd be willing

To come down here and save

Some heathens from the flatlands"

— "Flying or Crying" by Zach Bryan

"Then I'll get on the road again

At another chance at fitting in

But fitting in to kids like me is dyin'"

— "Ninth Cloud" by Zach Bryan

"I can tell you've got a lost soul

But you like it that way"

— "Wild One" by Zach Bryan

"You bring heaven down to me

Coarse it through my blood as I breathe

I bet the Angel's jealous of a girl I know

She takes my stain and makes me

White as snow

White as snow"

— "Snow" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan’s lyrics from “Messed Up Kid” : "Well I guess old men on the street/Proves that time really does fly/And I guess pawn shop diamond rings/Proves that girls love goodbyes" | Image: AmoDays

"I love it when you're laughing

Sprawled out on a picnic chair

Restless in my mind dies out

When you're right here"

— "Hope Again" by Zach Bryan

"And I hope the world don't mind all the simple things I ask

Like a porch with good lighting and to hear my lady laugh"

— "Leaving" by Zach Bryan

"How do I make you fall in love with me?

Is it lost in the emptiness of apathy?

Should I fight for it like war, should I nail it down to the boards

Or do I live in a love I'm dying for?"

— "Loom" by Zach Bryan

"Well I guess old men on the street

Proves that time really does fly

And I guess pawn shop diamond rings

Proves that girls love goodbyes."

— "Messed Up Kid" by Zach Bryan

With no one who loves me as far as telephone poles go

I wish I was a trusted man, but a trusted man is weak

The only thing worth trusting is some brass through crooked teeth"

— "Crooked Teeth" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan’s lyrics from ”Leaving”: "And I hope the world don’t mind all the simple things I ask/ Like a porch with good lighting and to hear my lady laugh" | Image: AmoDays

"Cause I will give you all the love

God's given me to borrow"

— "Hell Or Highwater" by Zach Bryan

"And I don't think those city girls are right for me

'Cause I don't fall for shallow pleasantries

And the conversation's nice but all the talkin' don't seem right

To a soul that prefers silence and the trees"

— "Hopefully" by Zach Bryan

"They told you it would go quick but you never tend to listen

Don't you miss your mama boy hummin' hymnals in the kitchen

The concrete is the same here as it is in Rogers County

I bet them boys are doin' fine runnin' roads without me

Don't you miss the days when we'd sneak Jack in football games

No one in this town remembers my name anyway"

— "Driving" by Zach Bryan

"If you were the darkness, then she'd be the sun

There's some things in life that you can not outrun

The fact that she was meant for so much more than you"

— "A Boy Like You" by Zach Bryan

"Well the fire in your blood is showin' through your eyes

The evil in your bones is takin' its time

And your head told your heart it had enough today

Anita's dead upstairs with the dreams on the way"

— "Anita" by Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan’s lyrics from”Sun to Me": "Find someone who grows flowers in the darkest parts of you/ Take heed when things get hard and don't you ever turn around/ 'Cause you'll find someone, someday, somewhere/ That grows you to the clouds”

Bryan's latest and triple-album "American Heartbreak" was released in May of this year. According to the artist, the album explores the past half-decade of his life.

The songs "Something In Orange" and "From Austin" appear to be top favorites of those who love his music. To delve deep into another music artist who also had a way with words read these 46 quotes from the late Jenni Rivera.