Pick One Note

[Verse 1]
I drew a map of every note
Then drew a map of where it goes
I kept the pencil in the air
As if the page could choose for me

[Pre-Chorus]
A thousand doors, a single key
I turn them all in my head

[Chorus]
Pick one note, let it land
Let it shake the careful plan
One small sound, then another
Now the silence has a color
Pick one note, don’t rehearse
Let the first one break the curse
All those songs can wait their turn
Start the tune and let it burn

[Verse 2]
I tried each ending on for size
Counted all the ways it could be wrong
The room stayed still, the clock went on
The page was patient all along

[Pre-Chorus]
A thousand doors, a single key
I turn them all in my head

[Chorus]
Pick one note, let it land
Let it shake the careful plan
One small sound, then another
Now the silence has a color
Pick one note, don’t rehearse
Let the first one break the curse
All those songs can wait their turn
Start the tune and let it burn

[Bridge]
Maybe none of them were waiting
For a perfect first line
Maybe all I had to offer
Was the sound that’s mine

[Final Chorus]
Pick one note, let it land
Let it shake the careful plan
One small sound, then another
Now the silence has a color
Pick one note, don’t rehearse
Let the first one break the curse
All those songs can wait their turn
Start the tune and let it burn

[Outro]
One note. Then one more.