[Intro ] old road same light no house no sign old name wrong map hold still go back [Verse 1] there was a place there there was a door there was a room once there isn’t anymore you found the blank spot you saved the name you held the picture against the frame [Verse 2] you make it smaller you make it plain you give the ghost a corner you give the dust a frame you don’t want it back now you don’t need proof you only want the outline you only want the truth [Pre-Chorus] it wasn’t holy it wasn’t clean it wasn’t better than anything you’d seen it was just a doorway it was just a room it was just a shadow you mistook for bloom it was half-rotten it was half-right it was only shining inside your light [Chorus] it was important once, but you are letting it go it’s not yours to hold anymore, and losing it is nothing wrong it was never made that well, it shined because you cared no say in what it was, you only found it waiting there [Post-Chorus] important once important once let it go let it go [Bridge] no house no room same sky same moon no claim no proof one frame one truth [Quiet break] you saw it you named it you held it you changed it you found it you framed it you loved it you blamed it [Chorus] it was important once, but you are letting it go it’s not yours to hold anymore, and losing it is nothing wrong it was never made that well, it shined because you cared no say in what it was, you only found it waiting there yes you loved it, yes you did, but love was not its crown you would have loved whatever rose before your eyes looked down because the blessing was not in it, not the thing you thought you knew the mercy was the seeing, and the seeing carried through [Outro] old road same light no house no sign important once important once let it go let it go
