[Verse 1] I used to know the difference between a season and a stay But somewhere in the grinding I forgot to track the days I smiled so long the muscle memory took over from the man And I've been holding up the ceiling with these two exhausted hands The morning comes in heavy like it's got something to prove And I move through it like water that's forgotten how to move I built a life that looked like everything I said I'd want But want is just a ghost sometimes of something that you lost [Pre-Hook] I sat with it Instead of running like I always do I let it speak And somewhere in the dark it told me something true [Hook] Sorrow is just joy that stuck around too long It loved me so completely it forgot to move along I'm not broken, I've been weathered I'm not lost, I've been found slowly Sorrow is just joy that stayed And joy is on its way back home to me [Verse 2] I stopped pretending that the weight was something I deserved And started listening to everything my body had preserved Every ache was just an archive of the places I had been Every scar a door I walked through just to prove I could begin The strings inside my chest that I thought snapped a long time back Were only tuned so low I couldn't hear them coming back And now I feel them humming in a frequency so small Like joy is in the basement doing warm-ups down the hall [Pre-Hook] I sat with it Instead of running like I always do I let it speak And somewhere in the dark it told me something true [Hook] Sorrow is just joy that stuck around too long It loved me so completely it forgot to move along I'm not broken, I've been weathered I'm not lost, I've been found slowly Sorrow is just joy that stayed And joy is on its way back home to me [Bridge] I don't need the sun to blind me to believe that it exists I don't need the wound to close to know I still persist There's a version of me standing on the other side of this And he's not harder, he's not colder — he just knows what living is So I'll carry what I carry til the carrying gets light And I'll trust the long way through is still a way to get it right [Final Hook — expanded] Sorrow is just joy that stuck around too long It loved me so completely it forgot to move along I'm not broken, I've been weathered I'm not lost, I've been found slowly Sorrow is just joy that stayed And joy is standing in the doorway Joy is coming down the hallway Joy is on its way back home Back home to me [Outro] It's coming back... It always comes back... Let it find you... Let it in...
