Lay Them Down

[Verse 1]
I kept your queen of hearts beside the bed
And all the words I never got to say
The hand we might have played stayed in my head
A deal that never came, then slipped away

[Pre-Chorus]
I turn the cards, I name what wasn’t mine
No hidden ace can make that road rewind

[Chorus]
Lay them down, let the table breathe
Every lost hand doesn’t have to follow me
What we were, what we almost became
I can bless the deal and walk away the same
Lay them down, let the next page start
I’m not the sum of every shuffled heart

[Verse 2]
Your jack of clubs still marks a summer rain
Her diamond suit, a chance I couldn’t claim
I held each maybe like a winning hand
Till time dealt out a different plan

[Bridge]
No blame in the cards, no debt to repay
Some doors stay closed; I don’t force my way

[Final Chorus]
Lay them down, let the table breathe
Every lost hand doesn’t have to follow me
What we were, what we almost became
I can bless the deal and walk away the same
Lay them down—new cards, open hand
I meet the life that’s here, not what I planned

[Outro]
The old deck rests; I rise and go