Lighter Than Yesterday

Lyrics — written by hand

(Ooh) lighter than yesterday

I carried a stone I never named,
woke with it, worked with it, called it mine.
They told me the weight was the way to the light —
took me a long, long time.

Then the morning came anyway,
sun on the water, sun on my face.
Nothing was fixed, nothing was saved —
I just breathed, and it made a space.

I'm lighter than yesterday,
just a little bit lighter than yesterday.
Not all the way, not far away,
only lighter than yesterday.
(Give it time) something in me is learning to stay.
(Give it time) I'm lighter than yesterday.

Nobody's coming to lift what I hold,
so I set it down one finger at a time.
Lead in my pocket turning to gold,
slow like the river, sure like the tide.

I'm lighter than yesterday,
just a little bit lighter than yesterday.
Not all the way, not far away,
only lighter than yesterday.
(Give it time) something in me is learning to stay.
(Give it time) I'm lighter than yesterday.

Breathe in — that's the medicine.
Breathe out — let the old year go.
Every scar is a door I came through,
every door is a room full of gold.

Oh, I'm lighter than yesterday,
not all the way, not far away,
(give it time) everything in me is learning to stay.
I'm lighter than yesterday.

Lighter, lighter than yesterday.
(Ooh) lighter than yesterday.