[Verse 1] You can chase the whole world down With a bag full of plans Punch in at the clock, still miss all the signs Chasing down that paper as hard as you can But the door at the end of it all Still likes to asks the same old thing Did you love the people near you Did you let your heart sing [Pre-Chorus] When the room goes silent And everything's gone wrong When the day falls off And the noise is gone [Chorus] What matters most Is who you hold What matters most Is keeping your soul The long miles fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day What matters most when everything goes away What matters most Is the reason I still pray The long miles will fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day [Verse 2] There’s still food on the table And our pictures on the wall The Kids playing in the next room Hearing them laughing, through it all I’ve seen a lot of shiny new things Turn to dust in my hands But a kind word still lingers on Like a sea shell in the sand When the ocean tries to wash it away [Pre-Chorus] When the room goes silent And everything's gone wrong When the day falls off And the noise is gone [Chorus] What matters most Is who you hold What matters most Is keeping your soul The long miles fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day What matters most when everything goes away What matters most Is the reason I still pray The long miles will fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day [Verse 3] I seen people chase the shine till it swallowed up the room Then the phone stopped ringing and the money moved on too soon Seen a fresh suit lose weight when the love ain’t there Seen a big-name smile fall flat in a half-lit stare So I check what I’m stacking when the noise cuts out Who’s still in the kitchen when the bills talk loud ‘Cause the landlord don’t care what your tag line says But a hand on your shoulder can steady your head And if my wallet gets thin and the bars all close I won’t miss the headlines or the polished clothes I’ll miss little feet in the hall, my girl at the stove That joke over card games, that warm late glow That’s the only return I know how to claim Most of it slips off quick, like smoke off a flame [Bridge] Not the score, not the show Not the rush, not the praise It’s the way you came home It’s the love that you gave If the whole world went quiet I’d still know what to say Hold tight to the ones Who still call you by name [Chorus] What matters most Is who you hold What matters most Is keeping your soul The long miles fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day What matters most when everything goes away What matters most Is the reason I still pray The long miles will fade The small things stay What matters most At the end of the day
