[Verse 1] I kept the coat for the life I declined A little too small, with a ticket inside There was a town where I might have stayed A different name on a birthday cake [Chorus] I grieve the roads that I never could know The rooms I passed and the doors left closed But here is my hand, and here is my breath This life is the one that answered me back [Verse 2] Somewhere I teach, somewhere I roam Somewhere I never learned this road home I set those versions down by the gate They had their own weather, their own kind of fate [Chorus] I grieve the roads that I never could know The rooms I passed and the doors left closed But here is my hand, and here is my breath This life is the one that answered me back [Outro] The kettle clicks; the morning comes through I make a place at the table for you All that I missed, I can let it be I’m here, I’m here—and this life is me
