🎵 Title: “What I Carry” Verse 1 I started my path with empty pockets And a head full of plans I took a stone from every mile I carried in my pack At six I felt abandoned At twelve, my first broken heart Every year left something with me I couldn’t throw away Chorus So I walk with what I carry Every love, every scar Not a burden, not a worry Just a map of where I’ve been so far I don’t travel light, I travel honest I don’t try to run ahead I make room for where I’m going By honoring where I’ve been Verse 2 At eighteen, broken open Twenty-six, a house full of babies Thirty-four taught me about endings And how to carry on At forty-three I walked in shadows At forty-seven, love came back Some are folded like old letters Some still know my name Every one of them’s a teacher Every joy, every pain Chorus So I walk with what I carry Every love, every scar Not a burden, not a worry Just a map of where I’ve been so far I don’t travel light, I travel human With my questions, with my doubt I make room for where I’m going By not leaving myself out Bridge There’s a place where the road gets quiet Where you stop and sit a while Lay it all out in the sunlight Every loss, every mile Some things stay, some things soften Some just finally get named Grief and joy sit down together And neither one feels ashamed Verse 3 Now I thank every former version For getting me this far For the roads that broke my heart open And the ones that left their marks I’m learning to love the story I’m in And trust the next page when it comes I know every new chapter’s a mystery I know it won’t be what I planned Final Chorus So I walk with what I carry Every love, every scar Not a burden, not a worry Just a map of where I’ve been so far I keep going, I keep opening To the life I’m living now I make room for where I’m going That’s the only way I know how Outro I love the story that I’m living Even not knowing how it ends I make room for where I’m going By loving where I am
