[Verse 1]
You met me by the chain-link gate
With a paper cup and a lucky face
We had a map drawn on a napkin edge
And a hard white sun on the laundry shed
[Verse 2]
Now the year keeps turning its collar up
You still laugh when the day goes rough
Little green shoots in the cracked-up yard
We learned slow is still going hard
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know
We don't get to hold it still
We let it go
Then it comes back if it will
[Chorus]
The start the middle and the end never comes
Never comes, never comes
Love in our hands, growth in our lungs
The start the middle and the end never comes
(never comes)
We keep on blooming
We keep on moving
[Verse 3]
Your old boots by the back door lean
Scuffed up toes and a little hole in green
We buy fresh bread at the corner store
Then laugh at how we want it more
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know
You can hear the thunder roll
We bend low
But we don't lose the whole
[Chorus]
The start the middle and the end never comes
Never comes, never comes
Love in our hands, growth in our lungs
The start the middle and the end never comes
(never comes)
We keep on blooming
We keep on moving
[Bridge]
If the season breaks, let it break
We'll make roots in the shaking ground
If the dark gets loud, let it say
We were made to come around
[Final Chorus]
The start the middle and the end never comes
Never comes, never comes
Love in our hands, growth in our lungs
The start the middle and the end never comes
(never comes)
We keep on blooming
We keep on moving
The start the middle and the end never comes