It's A Spiral

[Verse 1] I've changed a thousand times Without going anywhere Some doors closed behind me Some led me back in I've watched whole years disappear And moments somehow stay The things I thought would break me Just changed me on the way Looking back, I see it now Through every rise and fall I wasn't losing who I was I was becoming through it all [Pre-Chorus] Maybe we don't move in circles Maybe that's just how it seems You come back to the same old lesson Standing somewhere you've never been [Chorus] It's a spiral Not a straight line home Every turn brings me closer To the things I've always known Love without holding Give without keeping score Let what comes move through me I don't have to fight it anymore If there's somewhere we're going Maybe I've been looking too far The only place I've ever found it Is exactly where we are [Verse 2] I've been the wounded I've been the wound I've been the one who left too early And the one who stayed too long I've mistaken fear for wisdom Pride for something to defend I've asked love to make me whole When I hadn't met myself yet Every heartbreak left a doorway Every victory left one too Funny how the highs and lows Keep pointing back to you [Chorus] It's a spiral Not a straight line home Every turn brings me closer To the things I've always known Love without holding Give without keeping score Let what comes move through me I don't have to fight it anymore If there's somewhere we're going Maybe I've been looking too far The only place I've ever found it Is exactly where we are [Bridge — pull back] Maybe anger is an echo Maybe grief remembers more Maybe every version of me Still walks through the same door The child, the fool, the broken man Still breathing through me now I don't need to leave them behind I can love them where they are No yesterday in this breath No tomorrow in these hands Just the weight beneath my feet And the place where I now stand [Instrumental — space] [Final Chorus] It's a spiral And I finally understand I kept asking life for answers While the answer held my hand Every loss and every wonder Every door I couldn't see Wasn't pulling me away It was bringing me to me And the closer I get inward The less it's only mine What I heal becomes how I love What I love moves down the line So if there's somewhere we're going I don't need to know how far I'm not waiting to arrive now I am here [Outro] Let it come Let it go Feel it move Let it flow Another turn And still we're one