[Bass hook] [Banjo answers] The stars did the easy part Threw your thread across my way Made two strangers stop and wonder Why goodbye refused to stay You needed every window open I needed something built to last You were always chasing daylight I was always reading past You speak truth before it's softened I take mine apart for clues You'd rather kick a locked door open I'd rather understand the screws [Fiddle answer] Maybe that's why Maybe that's why [Chorus] The stars did the easy part Tangled up your thread with mine Left us here with calloused hands And all this borrowed time I won't pull your end toward me I won't tell you what to do But if there's one old string still humming I'm still holding mine With you [Santur motif] You were never made for cages That's the thing I loved the most Fire in a room full of strangers Then gone before they get too close I was never much for chasing Never needed to be first But once I know a thing has meaning I can carry it through worse You need room enough for breathing I need truth enough to stay Neither one of us was built To fake our way another day So I won't ask you for forever Won't make silence mean a vow But I won't lie about the feeling Not then Not now [Chorus] The stars did the easy part Tangled up your thread with mine Left us here with calloused hands And all this borrowed time I won't pull your end toward me I won't tell you what to do But if there's one old string still humming I'm still holding mine With you [Instrumental hook] [Two acoustics trade] [Fiddle rises] I love the part that won't be captured That's the part I cannot chase If I ever have to win you Then I've already lost the race Don't mistake the man who's quiet For a man afraid to move Some men make their case by chasing I make mine By what I prove [Drums drop] And maybe this is all it is Two people One unfinished line You with your hand on the horizon Me with mine Still holding time [Santur] [Bridge] I can hold my end I can't hold yours Can't make a heart Walk through a door Can't make your mouth Say what it won't Can't turn a maybe Into hope But I don't want to wake at eighty With one question left to prove Was there one damn conversation We were both too proud to move? [Silence] Goddamn universe You did your part Now here's mine [Full band] [Chorus] The stars did the easy part Tangled up your thread with mine Made the strange look almost ordinary For a little stretch of time I won't pull your end toward me I won't bind you I won't choose But don't confuse my letting go With having nothing left to lose The stars did the easy part Now the hard part Belongs to two And if there's one old string still humming I'm still holding mine With you [Hook] [Banjo] [Fiddle] [Santur answers] [Quiet vocal] Funny how we started At the ending Maybe that's why It never felt Quite through [Acoustic] The stars did the easy part [End]
