(Words & Music by Cooper/Gerlach/Hartmann)

I come in last on the outside
I know you placed your bet on me
I have the heart and the will to go on
I stumble far behind
still I fight to cross that finish line

You may never learn to trust me
the way you trusted me before
can you keep loving me against all the odds
have we won or have we lost
will we ever cross that finish line

Racing with my past
getting nowhere fast
there are just some things I can’t undo
so much ground to gain
and everything to prove
let me be your dark horse
I will run my heart out for you

I look for you on the sidelines
I need you to cheer me on
mud in my face, blinded by the sun
and I wonder if you’re gone
or do you wait for me beyond the finish line

Racing with my past
getting nowhere fast
there are just some things I can’t undo
so much ground to gain
and everything to prove
let me be your dark horse
I will run my heart out for you

I never knew the damage one false step could do
how it could take me so far away from you

if you’d let me be your dark horse
I will run my heart out for you
just let me be your dark horse
and I will run my heart out for you