NEXT STEP

[VERSE 1] I used to think if I could just go back I’d find the place where everything went bad One conversation, one mistake One second chance is all it would take But time won't answer when I call its name And yesterday is never gonna stay the same So I'm learning that the past isn’t a place It’s just a shadow that eventually fades [PRE-CHORUS 1] I've spent so long waiting for the world to change Standing in the doorway, afraid to walk away Maybe I don't need every answer tonight Maybe all I need is just one small light [CHORUS] I don't know what's waiting down the road I don't know how much of this I have to let go But if there's one little piece of hope I haven't lost I'll follow it, no matter what it costs Maybe the person in the mirror isn't gone Maybe they've been waiting for me all along I don't have to see the whole road tonight I just have to take the next step toward the light [VERSE 2] Rain on the windshield, three in the morning Streetlights bleeding while the whole world slows Static on the radio, your name in the noise I turn it down, but I still hear your voice Messages waiting that I never answered Pictures I can't bring myself to open Little pieces of another life Still scattered where I left them behind And I keep telling myself I don't need to know why But every time I close my eyes, I see another goodbye Maybe I'm holding onto something that was never meant to stay Maybe I'm afraid of tomorrow 'cause I don't know what comes after today [PRE-CHORUS 2] There's a voice behind the walls, a signal in the snow Every time I think I've found the end, there's another door below And the further that I go, the less I recognize The person I was trying so damn hard to leave behind [CHORUS] I don't know what's waiting down the road I don't know how much of this I have to let go But if there's one little piece of hope I haven't lost I'll follow it, no matter what it costs Maybe the person in the mirror isn't goneMaybe they've been waiting for me all along I don't have to see the whole road tonight I just have to take the next step toward the light [BRIDGE] Friends keep asking if I'm doing alright I give them a version that is close to the truth Saying, “yeah, I'm just tired, I'll be fine” Then I change the subject like I always do Because how do you name a heavy feeling That you can't even begin to explain? And how do you leave a burning memory Without walking straight through the flames? Maybe I'm chasing something that was never mine to keep Maybe all these ghosts get louder when the city falls asleep But maybe that's the point, maybe that's the goal Maybe falling down isn’t losing control Maybe every single door I find Is just another way to heal my mind [BREAKDOWN] Then I saw a little light Between the crack beneath the door Didn't know what waited there Didn't know what I was looking for I could turn around right now I could stay here in the dark Or I could follow something small That still feels like a spark So I took one breath...Yeah, I took one breath... And I opened the door. [FINAL CHORUS] I don't know what comes tomorrow I don't know where this road ends But I don't have to know tonight I just have to take the next step towards the light I don't have to carry everything I used to hold I don't have to understand everything I lost If there's one little piece of hope I haven't lost I'll follow it, no matter what it costs Maybe the person in the mirror isn't gone Maybe they've been waiting for me all along And for the first time, I don't need to know why There's a whole different sky on the other side [OUTRO] Morning coming through the gray The city hasn't changed But I don't feel quite the same Static on the radio, I let the silence stay Your voice is getting farther now And mine is finally finding its way One more street, one more turn, one more door I don't know what's waiting And I don't need to anymore Because I’ve spent so long waiting on the world to change Standing in the doorway, afraid to walk away I don’t need every answer tonight All i need is just one small light… I just have to take the next step towards the light