Scattered Map

[Verse 1]
I left a thread in Manila rain
A little red in a stranger's name
Sent one flame to a kitchen in Rome
Now every welcome feels like home

I gave my laugh to a late-night train
My better words to a windowpane
A piece of trust at a border line
A piece of sleep in a borrowed time

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep counting the rooms I've crossed
Like every goodbye was a different cost
If I gathered the pieces I gave away
Would they know the shape of me today?

[Chorus]
My heart is scattered, and that's alright
One part in daylight, one part in night
I used to think I had to take it back
Now I wear every fracture like a map

My heart won't gather in one place again
It's in the hands of a hundred friends
I am not less for the pieces gone
I am the road they traveled on

[Verse 2]
There is a postcard under my bed
With a blue stamp and the things unsaid
A borrowed coat in a northern town
A song someone hums when the sun goes down

I left my patience beside the sea
My old fear in a market alley
Gave my name to a doorway light
And kept one promise for the ride tonight

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep counting the miles I've crossed
Not every leaving is a loss
If I gathered the pieces I gave away
Would I still want the person from yesterday?

[Chorus]
My heart is scattered, and that's alright
One part in daylight, one part in night
I used to think I had to take it back
Now I wear every fracture like a map

My heart won't gather in one place again
It's in the hands of a hundred friends
I am not less for the pieces gone
I am the road they traveled on

[Bridge]
Let it stay where the kindness grew
Let it belong to the ones who knew
A hand on my shoulder, a door held wide
A small goodbye I could not divide

I am not empty, I am spread thin
Across the places that let me in
No single room can hold the whole
I left my heart, and I found my soul

[Final Chorus]
My heart is scattered, and that's alright
One part in daylight, one part in night
I used to think I had to take it back
Now I wear every fracture like a map

My heart won't gather in one place again
It's in the hands of a hundred friends
I am not less for the pieces gone
I am the road they traveled on

[Outro]
Keep a little piece where you are
I will carry the rest like a distant scar
Not broken apart, not running alone
A world of small rooms has become my home