Letter No. 1 Lyrics

There were words, there was song

There were times when I know that I've done wrong

But these days I don't know where I belong

Cause I thought that you'd do me no harm

If the chords are always found beneath the melody

Then why am I searching instead of succumbing to just living?

Cause it's impossible to breathe with these black and white views

Of what love and trust ought to look like for this to be true

As we walked 37th with our hands entwined

You pulled me in to hear John sing One Day at a Time

And in front of Robert's grave when we read Patti's lines

I thought in the face of fear and death we were choosing life

What do I do with what we shared and what I never knew

And how we've grown despite the stories we still cling to?

Now that my walls have come down I just feel like a fool

Cause you invited my pain and heart in only to hide the truth

If the chords are always found beneath the melody

Then why am I searching instead of succumbing to just living?

Cause it's impossible to breathe with these black and white views

Of what love and trust ought to look like for this to be true

Did you break or bind me?

Did you free or find me?

And is this pain inside me yours or mine?

Cause I don't want us to just live out some song

I want to live an authentic life

Rooted in promise and light