Time Begins When I Let Go

[Verse 1]
You left your coat beside the stairs
The sleeve still caught on one loose nail
I held my anger like a key
And checked the lock each time I passed

[Pre-Chorus]
I thought that keeping score
Could keep the hurt from changing shape
But every number asked for more
And every morning felt the same

[Chorus]
Forgiveness isn't saying it was right
Or asking every scar to disappear
It's setting down the weight I carried through the night
And making room for what can still grow here
I can remember, I can draw the line
And let the old wound loosen from my hands
Forgiveness takes its time
But time begins when I let go

[Verse 2]
Your note was folded in a book
The one we used to leave between us
I read it once, then read it slow
No perfect words, just what was true

[Pre-Chorus]
You can't undo the day
I won't pretend it didn't count
But truth can leave a little space
For something other than the doubt

[Chorus]
Forgiveness isn't saying it was right
Or asking every scar to disappear
It's setting down the weight I carried through the night
And making room for what can still grow here
I can remember, I can draw the line
And let the old wound loosen from my hands
Forgiveness takes its time
But time begins when I let go

[Bridge]
Some doors stay closed, and that's okay
Some roads turn back, some don't
I can wish you well from far away
And keep the boundary that I chose
No debt erased, no truth denied
Just one less stone I need to hold

[Final Chorus]
Forgiveness isn't saying it was right
Or asking every scar to disappear
It's setting down the weight I carried through the night
And making room for what can still grow here
I can remember, I can draw the line
And let the old wound loosen from my hands
Forgiveness takes its time
But time begins when I let go

[Outro]
I let go—not of what happened
I let go of carrying it alone