[Verse 1] Bought a one-way ticket with the rent due Friday Small bag, worn shoes, let the map misguide me Lisbon rain on a paper cup, first night alone Learned the price of a room and the weight of my own Missed the last train, found a bench by the quay Called home just to say, “I can figure this way” Every strange little problem put a tool in my hand Every border I crossed made me wider than planned [Pre-Chorus] I was waiting for permission, waiting for a sign Then I signed my name and drew the first line [Chorus] Go see what the wide world asks of you Build something small till it carries you through Stand on your own, let the first try be rough You don’t find your shape till you’ve made your own stuff Take the long road, learn the cost, learn the view The life you become is the life you choose [Verse 2] Back home, one desk and a borrowed old chair Two clients, one invoice, cold noodles to spare Made the calls with my hands shaking under the table Kept the books in a box till the work was stable Some months said no, some doors stayed shut Then a stranger said yes to the thing I’d built up I can miss where I started and still move ahead There’s a whole new horizon past fear in my head [Pre-Chorus] No map can promise where the brave road bends But each choice makes a stranger your friend [Chorus] Go see what the wide world asks of you Build something small till it carries you through Stand on your own, let the first try be rough You don’t find your shape till you’ve made your own stuff Take the long road, learn the cost, learn the view The life you become is the life you choose [Bridge] Not for a trophy, not to outrun the past For the person I meet when I’m tested at last I can make a home from a key and a plan I can lose, learn, begin again [Final Chorus] Go see what the wide world asks of you Build something real with the nerve to see through Stand on your own, let the first try be rough You don’t find your shape till you’ve made your own stuff Take the long road, learn the cost, learn the view The life you become is the life you choose [Outro] One more mile, one more door More of myself than I was before
