[Verse 1] You stand beside the kitchen table morning drifts on by hot coffee, an open window everything feels wide You ask if every winding road leads somewhere in the end I say: what you do with love is never lost again You don't have to solve it all or understand the way sometimes it means keep moving on then stop awhile and stay Take all your little doubts don't carry them alone what you honestly discover in yourself can be where you begin [Chorus] What you are, hold close and cherish what you love, give it your yes What you live, don't let it wither make today a truth you bless Love should be the place you start from and be standing there at the end In the middle of your lifetime it can walk on with you then [Verse 2] Your brother calls on Sunday says he might come by you set another plate out because closeness can suffice A note beside the doorway: “Don't forget the window” that's how care so often looks without a grand display You chose to keep your errors not as judgments carved in stone but as the places where we learned to be a little braver When the direction changes you don't have to lose yourself you can keep your heart wide open and try again [Chorus] What you are, hold close and cherish what you love, give it your yes What you live, don't let it wither make today a truth you bless Love should be the place you start from and be standing there at the end In the middle of your lifetime it can walk on with you then [Bridge] And when the day is closing there's more than what is gone A place, a word, a look— that's what keeps us going on What you thought that you had lost comes back as warmth again and quietly it tells you that you can carry on [Chorus] What you are, hold close and cherish what you love, give it your yes What you live, don't let it wither make today a truth you bless Love should be the place you start from and be standing there at the end In the middle of your lifetime it can walk on with you then [Outro] At the beginning and the ending in the middle—stay with you (stay with you) At the beginning and the ending in the middle—stay with you
