That's The Point

From The Messy Middle

That's The Point

Lyrics

I don't need a big announcement I don't need a new personality I just need one small decision That belongs to me So I put the phone in a drawer Not like it's evil - just like it's loud And I stand there for a second Like I'm waiting for permission From the crowd

Nobody clapped Nobody noticed The world kept spinning like it always does And that's the point, I guess

I'm stepping back for my own sake Not to prove anything, not to be great If I disappear for a minute, I'm still real I'm just giving my brain a chance to heal You can call it boring, you can call it strange I'm calling it a line I get to draw I'm allowed to log off

I walk outside without headphones And it feels too open at first Like the sky is staring at me And I forgot how to converse But then I hear my footsteps And I hear a bird I can't name And it's not a miracle It's just… unedited And somehow that's enough To change

I keep expecting To feel empty But I'm starting to feel space Between me and the hurry

Maybe Emerson was right about the noise Not the kind outside - The kind that makes you forget your own voice And maybe Thoreau wasn't escaping Maybe he was practicing How to be a person again (yeah) One day at a time

Drawer closed Shoes on (mm) That's it