Disagree and Sit Down

[Verse 1]
You said the river starts up north
I thought it rose behind the mill
We stood there drawing different maps
And neither one was standing still

I almost brought my best argument
All polished up and wrapped in facts
Then asked you what you’d seen that day
And watched the whole conversation change

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t have to win the room
To leave a little space to bloom

[Chorus]
We can disagree and still sit down
Let your reasons find their way around
I’ll ask what brought you to that view
And listen long enough to learn what’s true for you
No need to pull your thinking through my door
I’m curious; I don’t need to score
And when the air is easy, you might ask me too
What I see from where I’m standing, what I’ve come to

[Verse 2]
You said the old bridge should come down
I said it held our town together
You told me where the flood ran high
I told you how we fixed it after

A story has a second side
When someone lets the first one land
I found a reason in your words
I hadn’t seen from where I stand

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t have to win the room
To leave a little space to bloom

[Chorus]
We can disagree and still sit down
Let your reasons find their way around
I’ll ask what brought you to that view
And listen long enough to learn what’s true for you
No need to pull your thinking through my door
I’m curious; I don’t need to score
And when the air is easy, you might ask me too
What I see from where I’m standing, what I’ve come to

[Bridge]
Maybe understanding isn’t surrender
Maybe questions aren’t a clever disguise
I can hold my own thought without a hammer
You can keep yours while I look through your eyes

[Final Chorus]
We can disagree and still sit down
Let your reasons find their way around
I’ll ask what brought you to that view
And listen long enough to learn what’s true for you
No need to pull your thinking through my door
I’m curious; I don’t need to score
And if you wonder what I’m thinking, I’ll tell you true
Not to change your mind, just to share my view

[Outro]
We can leave with our minds still our own
And a little more known than before