Answer

[Verse 1] There's a thing that lives inside you that you've never let it out, you feel it in the quiet, it's the shape of every doubt; it's the dream you keep on dimming 'cause it's brighter than your fear, it's the reason you get restless when the years just turn to years. You can bury it in busy, you can drown it in the noise, but it hums beneath the silence in a low and steady voice — it don't want you to be perfect, it just wants you to begin, 'cause the only thing it's asking is you finally let it in. [Pre-Chorus] There's a call with your name on it, been ringing all your life — you can send it back to voicemail, or you can answer it tonight. [Chorus] So answer, answer — the thing you were made to do, the world's been holding a space that only fits the shape of you; don't take it to the grave, don't leave it in the dark, the gift was never yours to keep — it was always yours to spark. Answer, answer — let the scared part come along, courage ain't the absence, it's the walking while it's strong; one day you'll be standing at the edge of all your days — let the last thing that you whisper be at least I answered. [Verse 2] The fear's not in the way — the fear is the arrow, it points straight at the door that's too big and too narrow; whatever makes you tremble is the thing you're here to hold, the treasure's always guarded — that's just how it goes. And no one's coming for you, that's the beautiful part, the permission you've been waiting for was always in your heart; you don't have to be ready, you just have to be willing, 'cause a life that's never risked is just a slow kind of killing. [Chorus] So answer, answer — the thing you were made to do, the world's been holding a space that only fits the shape of you; don't take it to the grave, don't leave it in the dark, the gift was never yours to keep — it was always yours to spark. Answer, answer — let the scared part come along, courage ain't the absence, it's the walking while it's strong; one day you'll be standing at the edge of all your days — let the last thing that you whisper be at least I answered. [Bridge] There'll be time to be tired, there'll be time to be done, but the fire that you're given, you were meant to let it run; not for the applause, not the trophies, not the name — but for the ache of knowing you looked fear right in the face and answered. [Chorus] So answer, answer — the thing you were made to do, the world's been holding a space that only fits the shape of you; don't take it to the grave, don't leave it in the dark, the gift was never yours to keep — it was always yours to spark. Answer, answer — let the scared part come along, courage ain't the absence, it's the walking while it's strong; one day you'll be standing at the edge of all your days — let the last thing that you whisper be at least I answered. [Outro] So answer. While you've got the breath to — answer. While the fire's still in you — answer.