Stories Round the Fire

[Verse 1] We took the gravel road past the last blue sign With a borrowed map and a little extra time By the ridge, the pines made a room of their own And the whole wide valley settled down below [Pre-Chorus] You said, “i thought i had to know the way” Mara laughed, “you learn by missing a turn some days” [Chorus] So we passed the stories round the fire What we lost, what we found, what we’re still reaching for Under all those patient stars above us We learned a little less is something more Take the good advice, leave room for wonder Let the hard years teach you how to bend We came up here as friends with questions And went back down knowing we had friends [Verse 2] Jon told how he quit the job that looked like gold Kept his hands, his nerve, and a plan he could hold Mara crossed three states to make things right With a brother she’d not called since the fourth of july [Pre-Chorus] Nobody offered a perfect, shining rule Just a few true things from the years they’d been through [Chorus] So we passed the stories round the fire What we lost, what we found, what we’re still reaching for Under all those patient stars above us We learned a little less is something more Take the good advice, leave room for wonder Let the hard years teach you how to bend We came up here as friends with questions And went back down knowing we had friends [Bridge] The sparks rose up, then disappeared Like all the plans we held too near The sky kept its old distance, wide and clear And nobody had to solve it here [Final chorus] So we passed the stories round the fire What we lost, what we found, what we’re still reaching for Under all those patient stars above us We learned a little less is something more Take the good advice, leave room for wonder Let the hard years teach you how to bend We came up here as friends with questions And went back down knowing we had friends [Outro] By the first pale line along the hills We were quiet, but we carried something still