[Intro] I kept a key for every door And left my own outside [Verse 1] You called from the station in a borrowed coat I crossed three towns just to hear you speak Then someone else left a note in my pocket And I carried that promise for weeks I learned the shape of every goodbye The careful smile, the practiced excuse Now every road has your name on it And every mile asks me to choose [Pre-Chorus] I gave my yes away like water Poured it out wherever it ran Now both my hands are empty at the crossing And I don’t know which way I am [Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m standing still With a heart that ran ahead of my will I loved you freely, then I loved them too Now every path is asking me who I’ll be when the calling fades away When I stop making promises to stay At the fork in the road, let the dust settle down I can’t carry every heart out of this town [Verse 2] There’s your blue scarf hung over the chair Their old postcard tucked in a book My sister says, “You can’t keep everybody” I nod, but I still take another look I mistook being needed for being known Mistook open arms for a place to belong Now I’m counting the names I can’t answer And the nights I kept stretching too long [Pre-Chorus] I gave my yes away like water Poured it out wherever it ran Now both my hands are empty at the crossing And I don’t know which way I am [Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m standing still With a heart that ran ahead of my will I loved you freely, then I loved them too Now every path is asking me who I’ll be when the calling fades away When I stop making promises to stay At the fork in the road, let the dust settle down I can’t carry every heart out of this town [Bridge] Maybe love was never meant to be a ledger Maybe leaving isn’t proof I never cared I can bless the miles between us And still admit I wasn’t there I’ll take one breath before the answer Let the silence have its say I don’t owe the world a map tonight I can choose another day [Group Chant] One heart! One road! No more borrowed load! [Final Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m moving slow Past the names I thought I had to know I loved you freely, and I loved them too But I can’t disappear to prove it’s true I’ll be the one who hears my own name now I’ll let a closed door stay closed somehow At the fork in the road, I turn toward the dawn Not every love is mine to carry on [Outro] The road can wait My hands are mine I choose a step One at a time
