"Who’s in Control" came from an unusual and difficult moment. The song was written while recovering from a major injury, after days with very little sleep and shortly after coming off prescription pain medication. Searching for relief, a doctor prescribed medical marijuana, and after taking a gummy, the thoughts and questions that became this song began to flow.
Pain has a way of stripping away the distractions of everyday life and bringing deeper questions to the surface. Who really directs the course of our lives? Are we entirely in control, or are there quiet, divine instructions at work that we do not always recognize or understand?
Country Fox Music believes the latter.
The inspiration for reflection does not always come through joyful experiences. Sometimes it arrives through pain, uncertainty, sleepless nights, and moments when life seems beyond our control. "Who’s in Control" grew out of one of those moments.
The song paints a vivid picture of that struggle—the very human desire to understand what is happening to us while wondering whether a greater hand may be guiding the journey. The answers are not always obvious, but sometimes the questions themselves lead us toward faith.
LYRICS
Am I steering my life or just ridin' along
Is this my story or someone else's song
I wake each day but I don't always see
Who's makin' the choices inside of me
There's a voice that talks and a voice that hides
One grabs the wheel, one just goes for the ride
Somewhere between what I feel and know
There's a deeper place I can't control
Is it me… or somethin' else
Pullin' strings I never felt
Who's in control — my mind or my soul
Am I the driver or just along for the ride on the road
Ninety billion voices inside my head
All tryin' to tell me who I am instead
Am I awake — or just dreamin' it all
Standin' tall or about to fall
I scream it out but I still don't know
Who's in control
My conscious mind keeps fightin' for space
With shadows I never chose to face
A thousand thoughts I didn't invite
Still show up every single night
What creates me, what makes you
Is it what we say or what we do
If I can't control what built my soul
Then who decides the road I go
Am I lost… or unaware
Of the part of me already there
Who's in control — my mind or my soul
Am I the driver or just along for the ride on the road
Ninety billion voices inside my head
All tryin' to tell me who I am instead
Am I awake — or just dreamin' it all
Standin' tall or about to fall
I scream it out but I still don't know
Who's in control
My mind… oh my mind
Are you mine… or am I yours this time
Every thought — every breath
Walkin' that line between life and death
Can I break what I can't see
Or is this just what's makin' me
If I step back… will I find the truth
Or just another version of you
Who's in control
Who's in control
Who's in control — my mind or my soul
Am I the driver or just along for the ride on the road
Every answer brings me back again
To the place where it all begins
Am I awake — or just passin' through
Tryin' to find what is really true
I shout it out but I still don't know
Who's in control
My mind… oh my mind…
Who's in control…