The Long Way Forward

[Instrumental]
 
[Verse]
The road is quiet after midnight
Lines are fading under wheels
Every mile is asking questions
I’m not ready yet to feel
Maps were drawn by other people
Promises in borrowed ink
But I know the truth keeps changing
Every time you stop to think
 
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a sign from heaven
I don’t need to know the end
I just need to keep on moving
And trust the path that He will send
 
[Chorus]
I take my long way forward through the night
Not the easiest road that I could go
I’d rather lose the comfort, keep the fight
Than become someone I don’t know
 
If the winds grow colder, I hold fast
I won’t trade my truth for borrowed ground
I’m not running away from my past
I’m just choosing the way where my heart is found
 
[Instrumental]
 
[Verse 2]
Every scar became a marker
Where I stopped and chose again
I’ve seen miracles in strangers
I’ve seen truth bend under fear
What we save and what we risk
Is never written in advance
Life is not about the answers
It’s about the step you chance
 
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need to be remembered
I don’t need a perfect name
I just need a heart unnumbered
Every time I stake my claim
 
[Chorus]
I take my long way forward through the night
Not the easiest road that I could go
I’d rather lose the comfort, keep the fight
Than become someone I don’t know
 
If the winds grow colder, I hold fast
I won’t trade my truth for borrowed ground
I’m not running away from my past
I’m just choosing the way where my heart is found
 
[Chorus] 
I take my long way forward through the night
Not the easiest road that I could go
I’d rather lose the comfort, keep the fight
Than become someone I don’t know
 
If the winds grow colder, I hold fast
I won’t trade my truth for borrowed ground
I’m not running away from my past
I’m just choosing the way where my heart is found