[Verse 1] I know the cracks along the kitchen tile The morning face that takes a little while I know the plans I never carried through The small unfinished parts I call my truth I used to measure every breath I took Against a life imagined in a book But every borrowed shape fell off my skin And left the person underneath to begin [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to win the day To deserve the room I'm in I can let the old rules fade And still call this living [Chorus] I am the hands that made mistakes The bent-down nails, the clean-up days I am the road I chose and changed The yes, the no, the in-between I don't need a different name To make this heart a safer place I can meet myself halfway And let this life be mine [Verse 2] The rent is due, the laundry waits in piles A neighbor's radio leaks through the walls I miss the mark, then laugh at how it sounds When I stop turning every loss around There are some doors I never learned to close Some old replies that still arrive too slow But I can hold the child who needed proof And say, you made it here; that counts as truth [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to fix the past To stand steady in the present What I carry, what I lack Both belong inside the sentence [Chorus] I am the hands that made mistakes The bent-down nails, the clean-up days I am the road I chose and changed The yes, the no, the in-between I don't need a different name To make this heart a safer place I can meet myself halfway And let this life be mine [Bridge] Leave the window open wide Let the ordinary in The chipped blue mug, the late reply The crooked grin beneath my skin If tomorrow asks for more I'll give what I can give Not a perfect version Just a life I get to live [Final Chorus] I am the hands that made mistakes The bent-down nails, the clean-up days I am the road I chose and changed The yes, the no, the in-between I don't need a different name To make this heart a safer place I can meet myself halfway And let this life be mine [Outro] This is my name in my own voice This is my life, and I choose it This is my name in my own voice I choose it, I choose it
