Two Roads Through One Heart

[Verse 1]
You pull me east with a paper map
I turn back west when the road goes black
One hand reaches, one hand retreats
Two different truths in the same heartbeat

You say, “Stay,” while the doorway calls
I count the cracks running up these walls
I want the harbor, I want the tide
I want your hand and the open wide

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep both answers under my tongue
Afraid to choose, afraid to be wrong

[Chorus]
My heart is a compass spinning in the rain
Pointing toward you, then away again
I’m caught between the leaving and the stay
Between the words I mean and what I say
If I choose one road, another disappears
So I hold both directions close to here
My heart keeps pulling, pulling me apart
Two roads running through one heart

[Verse 2]
Your coffee cools beside the kitchen sink
I hear the train before I let myself think
You fold my jacket across the chair
Like leaving is already waiting there

I know the comfort of your familiar room
The blue chipped bowl, the late-afternoon
But somewhere past the last familiar sign
A version of me is asking for time

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep both answers under my tongue
Afraid to choose, afraid to be wrong

[Chorus]
My heart is a compass spinning in the rain
Pointing toward you, then away again
I’m caught between the leaving and the stay
Between the words I mean and what I say
If I choose one road, another disappears
So I hold both directions close to here
My heart keeps pulling, pulling me apart
Two roads running through one heart

[Bridge]
Maybe love is not a locked front door
Maybe leaving doesn’t erase before
Maybe I can miss you and still move
Maybe both things can be true

[Final Chorus]
My heart is a compass, learning how to turn
Not every answer has to be discerned
I can love you and still make my way
I can feel the fear and go anyway
If I choose this road, I’ll carry what we were
The small blue bowl, your coat, the warmth we shared
My heart keeps pulling, but I’ll hear its part
Two roads running through one heart

[Outro]
You pull me east
The open road calls
I take one breath
And walk through it all