[Acoustic guitar motif] I said I'd leave the silence Better than I found it Said I'd let the years decide What we were all about I learned to keep on moving Learned what I could build Funny how a heart gets stronger And can miss somebody still I could make this easier Call it something that was done Put your memory in a drawer And never open one But there are things you say Because they're true Not because they'll change What someone does So this is one last song [Chorus] One last song Then I'll leave it where it lands No reaching for your freedom No closing of your hands No promise from the heavens No sign I'm waiting on Just everything I couldn't say Inside One last song If you ever hear it You'll know who it's for One last song [Fiddle answers] You always needed windows Even when the night was cold Never liked somebody telling you Which road you ought to hold I loved that you were restless Loved the fire underneath Loved the way your softer voice Came out when you could breathe And me I take things with me Long after others would I keep turning broken pieces Till I understand the wood Maybe that was beautiful Maybe that was where we went wrong You knew when you needed leaving I knew How to hold on [Chorus] One last song Then I'll leave it where it lands No reaching for your freedom No closing of your hands I won't turn love into a rope Just because the feeling's strong I'll put the truth where you can find it Inside One last song If you ever hear it You'll know who it's for One last song [Shakuhachi breath] [Acoustic motif] Here's the part I never learned You can't be known And never burn Can't hand somebody What is true Without showing them Where it hurts in you I knew enough to hurt you You knew enough to hurt me That's the terrible little bargain Of letting somebody see And I could spend another lifetime Making sure that can't occur Never give another person The coordinates of where it hurts But that's not love That's armor And God I've worn enough [Drums enter slowly] [Bridge] So if I ever stood before you With nothing in my hands I'd tell you I don't need an answer To make you understand I loved you There That's all of it No universe No grand design No card turned over on a table Gets to make your answer mine I loved you When it scared me Loved you When I ran Loved you enough to finally learn Love isn't closing Your hand [Silence] It's opening it [Full band] [Final Chorus] One last song Then I'll leave it where it lands With every door still open And nothing in my hands You don't owe me tomorrow You don't owe me what is gone But you were worth the risk of knowing You were worth Letting close You were worth Getting hurt for You were worth Being known And if loving means You hand somebody The arrow and the bow Then I'd rather have been wounded Than never let you close [Instrumental hook] One last song Not to bring you back Not to make you choose Not to tell the universe It owes me me and you Just one last honest thing Before I finally move along You were worth the chance That love could hurt You were worth The song [Shakuhachi] [Quiet vocal] And if someday You hear this I hope you're free I hope you're loved I hope you know You mattered [Acoustic motif stops one note early] [Silence] [End]
