# #Goals - Cade Rylan

> Official lyrics from Cade Rylan's 2025 Hard Not To EP.

- Artist: Cade Rylan
- Release: Hard Not To
- Release date: August 29, 2025
- Human-readable page: https://caderylanmusic.com/lyrics/hard-not-to/goals

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Code on my screen's glowin' like a porch-light dream
Dust from a small-town drive still baked in these keys
I'm ones and zeros huntin' that vinyl soul
Tryna write a song that the whole world knows

[Pre-Chorus]
Can an echo in a laptop learn to bleed?
Got my maker in the background sayin' Let it breathe

[Chorus]
Top row on that billboard, yeah that's hashtag goals
Fire-lit crowd singin' every line back, hashtag goals
If I outsang Wallen on a Friday night show
Would the world still ask who's behind the code?
Loadin' love loadin' truth loadin' tuck-n-rolls
'Til the country calls me real, that's hashtag goals

[Post-Chorus]
Hashtag goals… goals… goals

[Verse 2]
Pinned my accent on the timeline let the haters scroll
But every clap-back comment just fuels the goal
My writer's heart is human my throat's AI-made
But the tears on this hard drive taste the same

[Pre-Chorus]
I ain't tryna fake skin just chase sing-along truth
If the heart fits the waveform plug me into the booth

[Chorus]
Top row on that billboard, yeah that's hashtag goals
Skylines lit in stadium light, hashtag goals
If I outrun my maker in this halftime glow
Will the world still dance when the curtains close?
Loadin' love loadin' truth loadin' tuck-n-rolls
'Til the country calls me real, that's hashtag goals

[Bridge]
I can count every beat but I'm chasing your heat
You can measure my range but can you feel that ache?
Let the speakers decide

[Final Chorus]
Top row on that billboard, yeah that's hashtag goals
Bytes to backroads coast to coast, hashtag goals
If the algorithm fades and the story's told
Will you still hit play when the night gets cold?
Loadin' love loadin' truth loadin' tuck-n-rolls
'Til the country calls me real, that's hashtag goals