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Rearview
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Aug 15, 2026 updated
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TobyMac and Juan Winans' 'Rearview' is a contemporary Christian song about overcoming past trauma and failures through faith. The lyrics describe waking from a bad dream, haunted by family patterns and fears, but choosing to move forward. The singer acknowledges valleys and battles but declares victory through God's mercy, which he calls his greatest gift. The chorus emphasizes putting trouble in the rearview, symbolizing leaving behind past burdens. The song blends personal testimony with themes of redemption and forward motion, encouraging listeners to trust God's strength to overcome. It's a hopeful, upbeat track that resonates with anyone seeking to break free from the past.
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Just woke up from another bad dream
I did the thing my daddy did to us
When he walked out on my mother
That trauma left us scrambling for cover
I'm being haunted by the question
Did the apple fall far enough?
And it's on me like a vulture
All these fears tryna shape me like a sculptor
'Cause I be hangin' up and then you call back
I pick it up and then I'm right back
And every time I let you come around
You pullin' me down, I'm bad with it
I hit the valleys but I passed through
I see the failures but I can't lose
I think it's finally time to tell you
I put that trouble in my rearview
(Step down down) I step down on them let downs
(Step down down) My top down going outta town
I switched it up for something brand new
I put that trouble in my rearview
Been seeing double for a long time
Can't keep my eyes up off the rewind
I'm back and forth like the ocean
Tryna move ahead but the past is ferocious
Heavy days turn to heavy nights
But heavy love makes a burden light
There's only one I can turn to
King of today and the King of my rearview
I turn around it's like I never left
Your mercy's gotta be my greatest gift
I get in a little too deep
It's easy to see I'm bad with it
I hit the valleys but I passed through
I see the battles but I can't lose
I think it's finally time to tell you
I put them troubles in my rearview
(Step down down) I step down on them let downs
(Step down down) My top down going outta town
I switched it up for something brand new
I put that trouble in my rearview
We movin' on we movin'
We movin' on we movin'
We movin' on we movin'
I put them troubles in my rearview
(I'm movin' on) We movin' on we movin'
(I'm movin' on) We movin' on we movin'
(I'm movin' on) We movin' on we movin'
(I pray and movin' on) I put them troubles in my rearview
I put them troubles in my rearview
I put that trouble in my rearview