A Crooked Little Shelter

[Verse 1]
The coffee ring stays on the page
The picture frame leans to one side
You laugh before you find the words
I see the place where you’ve survived

The morning missed its mark again
The bus rolled past our stop
You took my hand and said, “Come on”
As if the day could still be ours

[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t have to smooth it out
We don’t have to make it shine
There are fingerprints on everything
And somehow that feels right

[Chorus]
Nothing fits the way we planned
Still, look at what we’ve made
A crooked little shelter
From the pieces that we saved
The cracks let in the weather
The paint is worn and thin
Nothing here is perfect
But I’d choose it all again

[Verse 2]
The cake came out a little dark
The candles wouldn’t all stay lit
You sang the wrong words to the song
And I was glad you didn’t quit

The rent is late, the sink still drips
The hallway bulb is gone
But you leave your coat beside the door
And suddenly the house feels warm

[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t have to fix it all
We don’t have to draw the line
There are dents along the edges
Where the living happened here in time

[Chorus]
Nothing fits the way we planned
Still, look at what we’ve made
A crooked little shelter
From the pieces that we saved
The cracks let in the weather
The paint is worn and thin
Nothing here is perfect
But I’d choose it all again

[Bridge]
Let the picture hang uneven
Let the old floor creak below
Let the future miss its cue sometimes
We’ll meet it as we go
If the best things come unfinished
If the truth comes slightly bent
Then maybe all this beautiful mess
Is exactly what it meant

[Final Chorus]
Nothing fits the way we planned
Still, look at what we’ve made
A crooked little shelter
From the pieces that we saved
The cracks let in the weather
The paint is worn and thin
Nothing here is perfect
But I’d choose it all again

[Outro]
Nothing here is perfect
And I’m grateful that it’s ours
Nothing here is perfect
Still, it carries us this far