The Paper Atlas

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cardboard boxes on the floor
I don't need them anymore
Dust is dancing in the light
Everything feels soft and bright
Found a map of Tennessee
Folded up like history
[Verse]
Ticket stubs from Omaha
Things we did and what we saw
Faded ink on yellow lines
Tracing all the lucky signs
Notes you wrote in pencil lead
Living inside of my head
[Pre-Chorus]
The afternoon is leaning in
Where the memories begin
I am steady, I am still
Walking up this quiet hill
[Chorus]
It isn't regret, just a ghost
What I loved the most
Unspooling like a silver thread
Words we never quite said
[Post-Chorus]
The sun is golden on the wall
I don't mind the fall
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Sitting at the kitchen wood
Doing what I know I should
Coffee's cold inside the cup
I can't seem to wake it up
Small epiphanies in blue
Things I never told to you
[Pre-Chorus]
The afternoon is leaning in
Where the memories begin
I am steady, I am still
Walking up this quiet hill
[Chorus]
It isn't regret, just a ghost
What I loved the most
Unspooling like a silver thread
Words we never quite said
[Bridge]
The roads we didn't take
For a quiet heart's sake
They don't hurt me now
I just wonder how
Everything is finally gone
Waiting for a different dawn
[Chorus]
It isn't regret, just a ghost
What I loved the most
Unspooling like a silver thread
Words we never quite said
[Outro]