One Step At A Time

[Verse 1] Was it the worst time to be alive? Worn thin, still carrying the weight Of other people's falling stairs Until the floor gave way Broken homes, broken dreams, cracked connections Knuckles white on a borrowed rail The world weeps hard enough to fill the seas And still we keep this little sail [Pre-Chorus] Are we building more By taking less from now? Piling bright on top of broken Til the whole thing bows I keep hearing your breath Like a door left open Maybe survival Starts with slowing down [Chorus] One step at a time Before the ground forgets us One step at a time While the whole sky presses in We can hold the line Without turning hard as stone One step at a time Till we get ourselves home [Verse 2] You got a spoonful of hope in a paper cup I got splinters in my palms We can trade our heavy names For a minute of calm No grand rescue coming down the hallway No perfect hand, no final sign Just two people making room For the next hard climb [Pre-Chorus] Are we building more By taking less from now? Piling bright on top of broken Til the whole thing bows I keep hearing your breath Like a door left open Maybe survival Starts with slowing down [Chorus] One step at a time Before the ground forgets us One step at a time While the whole sky presses in We can hold the line Without turning hard as stone One step at a time Till we get ourselves home [Bridge] If the ledger wants a sacrifice Let it take the lie That we have to outrun mercy Just to stay alive I won't hand you my panic As a map for the night I can carry less And still walk by your side [Chorus] One step at a time Before the ground forgets us One step at a time While the whole sky presses in We can hold the line Without turning hard as stone One step at a time Till we get ourselves home