A Lighter Path [Verse 1 – Soft, Intimate Male Vocal] The boxes line the quiet room Like chapters of a life gone by Old photographs and faded blooms A thousand reasons not to cry I hold the years between my hands The little things I used to know And slowly come to understand That loving means learning to let go [Pre-Chorus – Gentle Emotional Rise] And every memory has its place Every scar, a story told But I won’t leave you with the weight Of all the things I used to hold [Chorus – Warm, Soaring, Emotional] So take the light and leave the weight Let the morning find its way I have loved you all my life And I’ll love you when I’m gone someday A lighter heart, a softer road No heavy shadows left to show The greatest gift that I can give Is a lighter path for you to go Oh, a lighter path A lighter path for you to go [Verse 2 – Tender, Reflective] I found a letter from the spring A ribbon tied around a name It’s strange how such a little thing Can bring a lifetime back again Some things are meant to fade away Some things are meant to stay inside And all the words I couldn’t say Are folded here with love and pride [Pre-Chorus – Building Emotion] And if these walls could speak tonight They’d tell you how we laughed and cried But I would rather leave you light Than leave you all the things I hide [Chorus – Powerful, Open Male Vocal] So take the light and leave the weight Let the morning find its way I have loved you all my life And I’ll love you when I’m gone someday A lighter heart, a softer road No heavy shadows left to show The greatest gift that I can give Is a lighter path for you to go Oh, a lighter path A lighter path for you to go [Bridge – Whispered Beginning, Gradually Rising] Don’t keep the things that make you cry Just because they once were mine You don’t need a thousand pieces To remember all our time Keep the laughter, keep the love Keep the warmth of yesterday And when the time has come to part Let everything else fade away [Final Chorus – Full-Voice Emotional Belt, Warm Cello Swell] So take the light and leave the weight Let the morning find its way I have loved you all my life And I’ll love you when I’m gone someday And when you walk beyond this door May your heart be free to roam You won’t have to carry mine To know that you were always home Oh, a lighter path A lighter path for you to go [Outro – Intimate Whisper, Fingerpicked Guitar] The room is quiet The floor is clear And all the love Is still right here Nothing heavy Nothing lost Just a lighter path… For you to walk. [Soft Acoustic Guitar and Cello Fade Out]
