The Flowers We Brought Home

[Verse 1]
You asked me where the years went
I pointed to the jar
Three bent stems from Sunday
And the dirt still on the car
I used to name the gardens
I was too afraid to try
Now your kitchen smells like rain
And one small borrowed July

[Pre-Chorus]
All those roads I never took
Can keep their perfect view
I have soil beneath my nails
And a vase beside you

[Chorus]
Don’t count the unpicked roses
Count the ones we carried home
Every thorn and every petal
Every place we chose to grow
Don’t count the doors left open
Or the fields we never roamed
I brought you flowers from the corner store
And you made them feel like home

[Verse 2]
The red ones leaned by Monday
The white ones held their shape
You put the last one in a glass
Beside the breakfast plate
I still wonder who I’d be
If I’d said yes back then
Then you laugh and touch my sleeve
And I’m here again

[Pre-Chorus]
All those lives I didn’t live
Can blur into the blue
There’s a small and stubborn garden
Growing here with you

[Chorus]
Don’t count the unpicked roses
Count the ones we carried home
Every thorn and every petal
Every place we chose to grow
Don’t count the doors left open
Or the fields we never roamed
I brought you flowers from the corner store
And you made them feel like home

[Bridge]
Maybe some roads would’ve held me
Maybe some would’ve let me go
But your hand around the paper
Is the only map I know
Let the lost years keep their gardens
Let their blossoms stay unknown
I can love the life I’m living
I can love the seeds we’ve sown

[Final Chorus]
Don’t count the unpicked roses
Count the ones we carried home
Every thorn and every petal
Every place we chose to grow
Don’t count the doors left open
Or the fields we never roamed
I brought you flowers from the corner store
And you made them feel like home

[Outro]
You made them feel like home
The flowers we brought home