[Verse 1] The coffee ring stays on the page The picture frame leans to one side You laugh before you find the words I see the place where you’ve survived The morning missed its mark again The bus rolled past our stop You took my hand and said, “Come on” As if the day could still be ours [Pre-Chorus] We don’t have to smooth it out We don’t have to make it shine There are fingerprints on everything And somehow that feels right [Chorus] Nothing fits the way we planned Still, look at what we’ve made A crooked little shelter From the pieces that we saved The cracks let in the weather The paint is worn and thin Nothing here is perfect But I’d choose it all again [Verse 2] The cake came out a little dark The candles wouldn’t all stay lit You sang the wrong words to the song And I was glad you didn’t quit The rent is late, the sink still drips The hallway bulb is gone But you leave your coat beside the door And suddenly the house feels warm [Pre-Chorus] We don’t have to fix it all We don’t have to draw the line There are dents along the edges Where the living happened here in time [Chorus] Nothing fits the way we planned Still, look at what we’ve made A crooked little shelter From the pieces that we saved The cracks let in the weather The paint is worn and thin Nothing here is perfect But I’d choose it all again [Bridge] Let the picture hang uneven Let the old floor creak below Let the future miss its cue sometimes We’ll meet it as we go If the best things come unfinished If the truth comes slightly bent Then maybe all this beautiful mess Is exactly what it meant [Final Chorus] Nothing fits the way we planned Still, look at what we’ve made A crooked little shelter From the pieces that we saved The cracks let in the weather The paint is worn and thin Nothing here is perfect But I’d choose it all again [Outro] Nothing here is perfect And I’m grateful that it’s ours Nothing here is perfect Still, it carries us this far
