[Intro]
[Orchestra plays the chorus melody
Strings and horns swell]
Every love I touched
I let it fade
Chasing roads that never had a name
Left those open doors and gentle hands
For a wandering heart that never lands
[Verse 1]
Photographs in a dusty drawer
Names I still taste
Every vow that I walked out on
Echoes in this place
Silver locket in a coffee can
Ticket stubs and sand
How many times did I turn from home
Just to feel unmanned
[Chorus]
Every love I touched
I let it fade
Chasing roads that never had a name
Left those open doors and gentle hands
For a wandering heart that never lands
All the rings I swore I’d wear
Now they haunt these empty hands
Every love I lost to this wandering heart
Draws another line across the map of who I am
[Verse 2]
Late calls that I never took
Blinking in the dark
Soft goodbyes left on the floor
Like ashes in the car
Letters folded in a glovebox
Words I never read
I traded quiet Sunday mornings
For a restless bed
[Chorus]
Every love I touched
I let it fade
Chasing roads that never had a name
Left those open doors and gentle hands
For a wandering heart that never lands
All the rings I swore I’d wear
Now they haunt these empty hands
Every love I lost to this wandering heart
Draws another line across the map of who I am
[Bridge]
Did I run from them
Or was I running from myself (oh)
Every mile I put between us
Felt like tearing from my shell
If I turn back now
Would there be anyone to find
Or just shadows in the doorway
And a note I left behind
[Chorus]
Every love I touched
I let it fade
Chasing roads that never had a name
Left those open doors and gentle hands
For a wandering heart that never lands
All the rings I swore I’d wear
Now they haunt these empty hands
Every love I lost to this wandering heart
Is a ghost that sings along
When the orchestra remembers
Where my heart first belonged