[Verse 1] We kept the receipt from that little place Where rain came in through the window frame You drew a map on the paper sleeve Of all the towns we said we'd leave [Pre-Chorus] I used to think goodbye would erase The roads we took to get to that place But every mile still has your name Not as a promise—just a trace [Chorus] So let it hurt, let it mean what it meant Let the years rise up like a choir in my chest We were there, we were real, we were more than the end I can carry the joy without asking it back again And if my heart breaks open, let the whole world hear I loved you in the living; I can love you from here [Verse 2] Your coat on the chair, my keys by the door Small ordinary things I don't own anymore I pass that station where we missed our train And smile at the joke you made in the rain [Pre-Chorus] The past isn't a room I can enter and stay It's a road that keeps widening as I walk away I don't have to lose what I can't make remain To be grateful we found it along the way [Chorus] So let it hurt, let it mean what it meant Let the years rise up like a choir in my chest We were there, we were real, we were more than the end I can carry the joy without asking it back again And if my heart breaks open, let the whole world hear I loved you in the living; I can love you from here [Bridge] If time is a river, then let it run wide Take every last summer, take every last ride I won't call it wasted because it couldn't stay The road was still beautiful, mile by mile, anyway You were a chapter, not a debt I must pay I bless what we were as I turn the page [Final Chorus] So let it hurt, let it mean what it meant Let the years rise up like a choir in my chest We were there, we were real, we were more than the end I can carry the joy without asking it back again And if my heart breaks open, let the whole world hear I loved you in the living; I can love you from here I loved you in the living—now I let you be past The beauty was ours, and the beauty will last [Outro] The beauty was ours The road goes on
