The Labyrinth Grows Small

[Verse 1]
I kept a map of every door
I never opened, every shore
I might have reached by turning left
And every name I never kept

[Pre-Chorus]
The halls were branching in my head
Each turn a life I thought I’d shed
But years have rubbed the corners down
The maze is smaller than it sounds

[Chorus]
Goodbye to all the roads I missed
The almost-kiss, the almost-home
I thank the lives I didn’t live
Then let them go; I’m not alone
The labyrinth grows plain and small
I don’t have to trace them all

[Verse 2]
That other self can rest tonight
No need to prove he got it right
The doors I passed are doors no more
Just quiet marks along the floor

[Bridge]
I breathe; the map goes soft and thin
No borrowed future pulling in

[Final Chorus]
Goodbye to all the roads I missed
The almost-kiss, the almost-home
I bless the lives I didn’t live
Then let them go; I’m walking on
The labyrinth grows plain and small
I don’t have to trace them all

[Outro]
One open path beneath my feet
One honest step, and room to breathe