Lyrics
[Verse 1] You keep a paper map Folded inside your coat Blue ink along the river bends A place you never wrote At every small-town station You ask the name twice Not because you missed it You like the sound of it twice [Pre-Chorus] And I can see you choosing The longer way back home Leaving little questions Where the answers used to grow [Chorus] Take your time, I’ll walk beside you Past the garden wall There’s a kind of truth in getting lost When no one needs to call Take your time, the road is wider Than the plans we drew I don’t need to know the ending I just like finding it with you [Verse 2] You mend a torn umbrella With thread from your old blue shirt You say the rain is honest It shows us what will hurt A neighbor’s radio Leans through the open screen One unfinished melody Turns the afternoon green [Pre-Chorus] And I can feel the weather Changing in the leaves Some things arrive quietly Before the heart believes [Chorus] Take your time, I’ll walk beside you Past the garden wall There’s a kind of truth in getting lost When no one needs to call Take your time, the road is wider Than the plans we drew I don’t need to know the ending I just like finding it with you [Bridge] If tomorrow moves the furniture And the windows face the sea Keep one chair beside the doorway Save a little room for me [Final Chorus] Take your time, I’ll walk beside you Past the garden wall There’s a kind of truth in getting lost When no one needs to call Take your time, the road is wider Than the plans we drew I don’t need to know the ending I just like finding it with you [Outro] Fold the map and leave it open Let the quiet carry through I don’t need to know the ending I just like finding it with you
