[Verse 1] I woke up in the spill of dawn Shoelace fray and a heavy step A faded mark where the picture hung Like proof that time has moved I carried the heavy little days Bus stop rain on my cuffed-up jeans Tracing lines in the palm of my hand Trying to learn what stays [Pre-Chorus] If I fall, I fall awake If I break, I break in motion Every loss has a shape Every breath has a direction [Chorus] This is my life, my life I hear it call my name This is my life, my life I will not look away Hold me up, hold me up When the road turns mean This is my life, my life And I’m still in the scene [Verse 2] Midnight coffee, cold window steam A silent room, a world in gray We left our shadows on the wall Before the room went cold and quiet Now the old fears wear newer clothes Same black shoes, same bitter taste But I found a fire in the wreck And I can face the shape [Pre-Chorus] If I fall, I fall awake If I break, I break in motion Every loss has a shape Every breath has a direction [Chorus] This is my life, my life I hear it call my name This is my life, my life I will not look away Hold me up, hold me up When the road turns mean This is my life, my life And I’m still in the scene [Bridge] [Instrumental swell] I was made from the rain And the things that I lost From the paths that I left From the nights that I crossed Say my name, say it clear When the dark comes in I was never just gone I was learning to begin [Final Chorus] This is my life, my life I hear it call my name This is my life, my life I will not look away Hold me up, hold me up When the road turns mean This is my life, my life And I’m still in the scene
