Keep Your Map

Verse 1 Everybody’s got a big opinion Like they know just what I need Throwing out their own decisions Like one size fits every bleed “If I were you” — yeah, that’s the problem You’re not here inside this pain You’re just dressing up your history And handing it to me as faith Pre-Chorus You call it wisdom I call it borrowed light You see the surface You don’t live the sleepless nights Verse 2 Some say leave and call it courage Some say stay and call it love Some say “God will make it clear” Like clarity just falls from above But what saved you might destroy me What broke me might set me free Everybody wants to be the voice But no one has to be me Pre-Chorus You mean well But meaning well ain’t always right You don’t carry What I carry every night Chorus Most advice is just somebody Telling me what they would do Through the filter of their damage And the hell they’ve been through But you can’t tell me what is right When this ache ain’t yours to hold You can say it like you know me But you don’t know this soul This is my fire My scars, my truth So keep your map I’ll make it through Bridge I’m done shrinking for your comfort Done living by committee Done mistaking other people’s fear For something holy, true, or pretty You can tell me how you survived You can tell me where you bled But don’t confuse your resurrection With the path that I should tread Final Chorus Most advice is just somebody Trying to make my choice their own Trying to fit my wild horizon In the lines that got them home But you can’t tell me what is right You can’t name what I should lose Only I can hear the voice I’ll have to answer to This is my fire My life, my truth So keep your map I’ll choose my route Outro Keep your map Keep your lines Keep your fear I’ll keep mine And if I fall At least I knew I chose a life That felt like truth