[Intro - Spoken, vulnerable] You don't have to tell me everything tonight. You can sit here for a while. I wasn't ready to be alone either. [Instrumental - Solo cello, short muted guitar replies] [Verse 1 - Intimate, weary] I almost said that I was fine The way I do when someone asks You waited through the silence I didn't have to take it back I've been filling up the hours So I don't have to hear my thoughts But you can only stay so busy Before the night comes knocking at the door [Pre-Chorus - Restrained, trembling] I don't know how to make this easier I won't pretend I know the way But I can leave a little room beside me If you think you'd like to stay [Chorus - Both, aching] We must go on Even with our voices shaking Even when the morning comes Before we're ready for the day We must go on There's no need to hide it here You can tell me that you're hurting I can tell you that I'm scared We don't have to know how far Just where to start We must go on [Instrumental - Clipped guitar riff, sustained violin response] [Verse 2 - Exposed, honest] There are things I wish I'd told you There are words I wish I'd kept I turn them over in the quiet Until there's nothing I can change except What I do with the next moment Whether I answer when you call Whether I can say, “I need you” Before I start to pull away from it all [Pre-Chorus - Tender, rising] You don't have to promise me forever Or say you'll never fall apart I'd rather hear you tell the truth Than watch you struggle through the dark [Chorus - Both, powerful] We must go on Even with our voices shaking Even when the morning comes Before we're ready for the day We must go on There's no need to hide it here You can tell me that you're hurting I can tell you that I'm scared We don't have to know how far Just where to start We must go on [Bridge - Bare, vulnerable] I'm not asking you to fix me I know that isn't yours to do There are steps I have to take myself And things I need to see through But when you reached across the table I let my hand stay next to yours For once I wasn't looking for a reason To get up and leave before you saw too much [Build - Gathering strength] Let the morning find us tired Let it find us telling the truth We can ask for help tomorrow We can take it when it comes [Instrumental - Stop-start heavy guitars, rising strings] [Final Chorus - Both, harmonized, soaring] We must go on Even with our voices shaking We can bring the things we're carrying Into the light of another day We must go on We don't have to call this courage We can take one little step And admit how much it took We don't have to know how far Just where to start [Both - In unison, powerful] We must go on We must go on [Outro - Both, soft, exposed] I don't know what comes after this But I'd like to see you tomorrow [Instrumental - Solo cello, fading]
