[Verse 1] Somewhere beyond the maps we draw A traveler hears the universe call With a battered door and a borrowed key He finds more room than the eye can see He carries no blade, he carries no throne Just questions bright as a signal home When the dark arrives with a mouth full of fear He answers with reason, and keeps us near [Pre-Chorus] Every life is a thread in the turning design Every stranger is worth one more try [Chorus] Choose who you are when the whole world says run Hold out your hand when the damage is done No face stays fixed, no heart stays the same We leave old selves behind, but remember their names And if you lose your way in the endless blue Let kindness be the compass that carries you [Verse 2] Even the wanderer sleeps with regret Counts every friend he could not protect The years make a weight of the roads left behind Still a human voice can pull him back in time Brilliant alone is a beautiful flame But it cannot tell you why people matter the same So he opens the door, though the silence is wide And lets our small courage walk by his side [Pre-Chorus] We are brief, but the choices remain A little more mercy can alter the chain [Chorus] Choose who you are when the whole world says run Hold out your hand when the damage is done No face stays fixed, no heart stays the same We leave old selves behind, but remember their names And if you lose your way in the endless blue Let kindness be the compass that carries you [Bridge] We change in the middle of ordinary days Outgrow the rooms where we learned our old ways A broken heart mends with a different design The person you were is still part of the line [Final Chorus] Choose who you are, let the frightened part breathe Take one more step with the truth you believe No face stays fixed, no heart stays the same We leave old selves behind, but remember their names And when a new chapter opens its door Carry the lessons you gathered before We are not endless, but still we can choose To be less cruel, less afraid, less willing to lose [Outro] The road keeps turning, the years move through I carry every former me into the new
