NOT LOST [Verse 1] I knew every bolt in this old ship's frame, Every scar on the hull, every crewman's name. Built her to fly, kept her running clean, Never wanted the chair, just believed in the dream. Now the bridge sits quiet, half the systems are gone, They handed me the helm and told me carry on. I could rebuild her blind, I know every part, But you can't weld steel around a broken heart. [Pre-Chorus] I kept holding the line for a ship going down, Till I looked at the bridge and saw nobody around. And the hardest truth I ever had to face, Was knowing when to leave a place. [Chorus] I'm not lost, I just don't know where I'm going, Got a full tank burning and the stars still glowing. No coordinates set, no orders to obey, Just a thousand open systems and a choice to make. I gave that ship everything I had to give, But there's more to this life than the one I lived. I ain't running from the past or counting what it cost, I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm not lost. [Verse 2] I taught the next man how to keep her straight, How to watch the gauges, how to carry the weight. He could plot the course, get the cargo through, But a ship needs more than a job well done by the crew. Then the captain was gone and the orders came down, Strip another system, lay another man down. They kept calling it progress, said we'd make it somehow, But the ship I was saving wasn't there anymore now. [Pre-Chorus] I wore somebody's rank, tried to fill somebody's shoes, Spent so long holding on, I forgot I could choose. And I finally understood what I couldn't before, You can't bring back a home by guarding its door. [Chorus] I'm not lost, I just don't know where I'm going, Got a full tank burning and the stars still glowing. No coordinates set, no orders to obey, Just a thousand open systems and a choice to make. I gave that ship everything I had to give, But there's more to this life than the one I lived. I ain't running from the past or counting what it cost, I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm not lost. [Bridge] I used to think that loyalty meant staying till the end, Holding up the walls while they came down again. But the names upon the bulkheads don't disappear, Just because the men who wore them aren't standing here. I don't need another captain, don't need his command, Don't need to prove I'm worthy of the place where I stand. If the only thing that's left is the man I've become, Then I've still got something worth flying toward. [Final Chorus] I'm not lost, I just don't know where I'm going, Got a full tank burning and the stars still glowing. No coordinates set, no orders to obey, Just an open stretch of heaven and a choice to make. I gave that ship everything I had to give, But I owe myself a chance at the life I want to live. Let the old lights fade, let the engines exhaust, I don't know where home is... But I know I'm not lost.
