[Intro] [Heart] You ever put something up for sale... just to see who'd make an offer? [Crowd laughs] No? Yeah. Me neither. [Acoustic guitar starts] [Verse 1] Listed it twice Never signed a thing Packed one box Unpacked by spring Walked through somebody else's kitchen Tried their light Tried their view Stood there thinking, "Could I live here?" Then drove straight home Like I always do Some houses hold your furniture Some houses hold your name Some hold all the versions of you You don't know how to explain I kept saying, "One day I'll leave When I figure out what's next" Funny how a door can stay wide open And still feel like a test [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I wasn't checking If I could go Maybe I was checking If I still wanted home [Chorus] I kept almost selling the house Almost selling the house Put the sign up Took it down Walked the rooms Then turned around I kept almost selling the house Till I finally figured out I wasn't tired of staying I was tired of staying by default [Verse 2] Realtor quit calling Can't say I blame her Third time I backed out Probably did her a favor But every time somebody Walked through that front door I watched 'em picture their life there And wanted mine a little more Same thing happened with people Same thing happened with names Almost left a couple things Just 'cause I could explain the change Turns out freedom ain't always leaving Sometimes freedom's choosing still Not because you forgot the road Because you know you could take it if you will [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I wasn't checking If I could go Maybe I was checking If I still wanted home [Chorus] I kept almost selling the house Almost selling the house Put the sign up Took it down Walked the rooms Then turned around I kept almost selling the house Till I finally figured out I wasn't tired of staying I was tired of staying by default [Break] [Band drops to Heart and acoustic guitar] [Heart] You know the strangest part? Every time I showed the place... I cleaned it better. Fixed something. Painted something. Found something I'd forgotten I liked. [Crowd murmurs] Maybe I needed strangers walking through my kitchen to make me look at it again. [Bridge] There's a door I kept almost walking through Not 'cause the room behind me was wrong I just needed to know the hinges still worked Needed to know I could be gone Then one morning I took the sign down Didn't feel brave Didn't feel profound Just stood there with the screws in my hand And thought— Yeah. This'll do. [Band returns] [Final Chorus] I kept almost selling the house Almost selling the house [Crowd begins softly] STAY... [Heart] Put the sign up Took it down [Crowd] STAY... [Heart] Walked every room Turned around I kept almost selling the house Till choosing sounded different out loud I didn't lose the road I just stopped needing it to prove I was free [Crowd] STAY... [Heart] Not because I have to. [Crowd] STAY... [Heart] Because today I mean it. [Outro] [Heart] Sign came down this year. Nobody's walking through my kitchen anymore. [Pause] Good. [Small laugh] It was never really for sale. [Floorboard creaks] [Heart] ... Well. Not today.
