[VERSE 1] — whispered spoken female voice echo The leaves don't ask permission Before they let go of the tree The tide doesn't apologize For leaving, then coming back to me [pause] I used to think that losing Meant something had gone wrong But everything changes its shape here That's the shape of going on [VERSE 2] The person that I was last winter Isn't who's breathing now Every version gets to leave here Every version gets to bow [pause] Not a failure of the story Just the story being alive Nothing here was built to stay still Nothing here was built to hide [VERSE 3] So I'm learning how to hold things With a hand that's open, not clenched tight Let the seasons come and take them Let the dark still hold the light [pause] Everything changes its shape here And I'm changing too, it's true Not lost, just moving Just becoming something new [OUTRO - instrumental fade, strings swelling then releasing]
