[Verse 1] Hand-me-down dreams in a cracked old room Counting every crack in the ceiling Missed a lot of calls Packed a lot of wounds Got good at hiding the feeling Long nights Cheap coffee Shaking in my shoes Talking to the dark like it could choose [Pre-Chorus] Then you walked in All Sunday light Saying my name like it came out right And suddenly the noise turned into sound I was finally found [Chorus] I walked hard roads You got soft hands You held my heart like you had a plan Took my broken Made it beat again Yeah You’re the reason I can stand I was worn thin You still leaned close Saw the gold under all these ghosts Now every scar just leads me back to you I had a hard life But I’m happy in the end With you [Verse 2] Used to think love was a losing bet Folded every hand I was given Every “it’ll be okay” just made me upset Felt like everybody was driven Past me on the highway I stayed in place Till you threw your map in my suitcase [Pre-Chorus] You said “Let’s go We don’t need a script” Laughed when all my careful lines slipped You kissed the cracks and called them roads Where wild flowers grow [Chorus] I walked hard roads You got soft hands You held my heart like you had a plan Took my broken Made it beat again Yeah You’re the reason I can stand I was worn thin You still leaned close Saw the gold under all these ghosts Now every scar just leads me back to you I had a hard life But I’m happy in the end With you (with you) [Bridge] Maybe all that hurt was turning Coal into a little light All those nights I thought I’d lose me You were on the other side Now when the world gets heavy You just say my name And then All that weight feels like a feather We’re gonna make it Make it Make it (yeah) [Chorus] I walked hard roads You got soft hands You held my heart like you had a plan Took my broken Made it beat again Now I’m not afraid to stand I was worn thin You still leaned close Kissed the years I’d spent as a ghost Now every scar just spells your name in bloom I had a hard life But I’m happy in the end With you

rock, Bright pop-rock band, chiming electric guitars over steady drums and warm bass; verses start intimate and close-mic’d, pre-chorus adds rising toms and backing “ohh”s; chorus explodes with wide open power chords, stacked harmonies, and a soaring male vocal. Bridge strips back to vocal and clean guitar arpeggios before a final full-band, halftime-then-lift outro., happy, pop rock, romantic

Hard Roads, Soft Hands