[Fingerpicked guitar motif] I met you when I wasn't looking Wasn't asking for a sign Had enough roads behind me Had enough ghosts in my mind I knew how to leave a table I knew how to close a door Then you laughed across the distance And I didn't know anymore God I loved the way it happened Nothing begged and nothing tried You just fit into the silence Like the silence stepped aside And I hate how right it felt Because nothing feels right now I keep telling myself leave it But my heart don't know quite how [Sarangi answers melody] If you give me the pages I'll give you the years I'll give you the laughter I'll give you the tears Give me a little ink I'll put it in the pen Give me one honest beginning I'll never fake the end But I can't write your lines I can't choose your part I can only leave a light In this traveling heart If you give me the pages I'll meet you there If you don't I'll still wish You were here [Guitar motif] There's a part of me that whispers Leave the woman to her road Love ain't love if love becomes Another weight she has to hold Then there's another part that wakes me Somewhere near the break of dawn Saying fool you've crossed a lifetime Don't you let this woman be gone That's the war inside a good man Nobody tells you where it ends When does fighting mean I love you When does loving mean let bend When do you knock one time too many When do you turn and disappear When does she need you to come find her When does she need you nowhere near So I won't make that choice for you I won't dress demand as fate But God if you should crack that doorway You won't have to fucking wait [Chorus] If you give me the pages I'll give you the years I'll give you the laughter I'll give you the tears Give me a little ink I'll put it in the pen Give me one honest beginning I'll never fake the end If you give me the sunlight I'll show you the road If you give me your laughter I'll finish the joke If you give me that smile The one I still see I'll take one step toward you You take one Toward me [Sarangi rises] I've loved women before you That's the truth and that's okay There were fires that kept me warm There were fires that burned away But you weren't another fire You were music in the room You were something I could hum Before I ever knew the tune That's the part I cannot shake It wasn't words that made it true It was how the whole damn world Fell into rhythm next to you How the talking never labored How the hours disappeared How I somehow felt more like me Every time that you were near And when you're gone I hear the absence Like a chord that won't resolve Nothing's broken in the music There's just one note Not involved [Instrumental] Maybe that's why I keep building Maybe that's why I'm still here Turning heartbreak into music Turning wonder into years Building something out of questions Building Cosmic out of scars Putting lanterns by the roadside For the ones who chase the stars I'm the traveler at the tavern With some dust upon his coat Telling strangers of a woman Who still trembles in his throat They ask me why I haven't found Some easier love instead I laugh and take another drink Because easier Ain't what I said I said right [Sarangi] You felt right [Bridge] And fuck you I love you There I finally said the thing Not fuck you like I own you Not love you like a ring Fuck you for the melody I cannot make go still Fuck you for reminding me My heart could want this still Fuck me for still fighting Every urge to cross that line Fuck this beautiful unfinished book That isn't yours or mine Not yet Maybe never There's the truth I have to bear I can write until my fingers bleed But you Have to meet me there [Full chorus] So give me the pages I'll give you the years Give me your laughter I'll give you my tears Give me a little ink I'll put it in the pen Give me one honest beginning We don't have to know the end Give me the sunlight I'll walk down the road Give me your laughter I'll finish the joke Give me that smile And I'll know what to do I'll take one step toward you But I can't take Yours too [Music falls away] So here's my page No tricks No stars No prophecy No promise that some universe Designed you just for me Just one man beside a fire With an old guitar in hand Who met one woman in this lifetime Who made him understand Why every song needs silence Why every road needs somewhere to bend Why the finest books I've ever loved Were the ones I didn't want To end [Quiet] I have the ink I have the pen I have my page And if someday You bring me yours We can find out What happens next [Guitar begins five-note motif] [Stops before final note] [Sarangi resolves melody]
