Paper Boats

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was raised on borrowed light and second chances By hands that folded laundry and unspoken answers My father’s back was a map of roads he never took My mother’s prayers were footnotes in a ledger full of looks We lived in the margin, but we read between the lines Learned that dignity is currency when money declines [Pre-Chorus] So I carry both the wound and the witness The hunger and the promise We made paper boats from bills and soup cans Launched them in the bath and watched them sail [Chorus] Paper boats, paper boats Still we float, still we float Paper boats, paper boats We kept going, we kept hope If the water gets rough We bend, we don't break Paper boats, paper boats Still we make our way [Verse 2] My sister kept her grade cards in a shoebox by the stove My brother learned to笑 through bruises and a winter coat Every Sunday got dressed up like it was enough Even when the rent was late and the good news came in drips of dust I found a fire in the cracks, a song in the screen door slam A name for every shame I wore, a softer way to stand [Pre-Chorus] So I carry both the wound and the witness The hunger and the promise We made paper boats from bills and soup cans Launched them in the bath and watched them sail [Chorus] Paper boats, paper boats Still we float, still we float Paper boats, paper boats We kept going, we kept hope If the water gets rough We bend, we don't break Paper boats, paper boats Still we make our way [Bridge] And I know the river takes its payment I know some days it takes your name But every thumbprint, every folded corner Says we came through the rain We came through the rain (we came through) We came through the rain (still here) [Final Chorus] Paper boats, paper boats Still we float, still we float Paper boats, paper boats We kept going, we kept hope If the water gets rough We bend, we don't break Paper boats, paper boats Still we make our way Paper boats, paper boats Hold on through the gray Paper boats, paper boats We make our way