Verse 1
You don’t recognize yourself
Or the bottles on the bathroom shelf
You search for words and curse
The hand you cut down
It was a poetic attempt
I wouldn’t call it a try
When you went down to the pond
No note to slip cold through thin ice
Chorus
And you don’t get to go
Out your own way
You don’t get to choose
So just spare me
Verse 2
Between you and the kids
I’ve been lifting and cleaning
Feeding and bending for over 20 years now
We might be standing here
Looking at the end of our world
But there’s beauty in knowing
The closure you owe to your girls
Chorus
And you don’t get to go
Out your own way
You don’t get to choose
So just spare me
Verse 3
So let go of how it gets worse
Remember I signed up for the work
We’ll find drops of goodness so many
To make it worth it
Holding on to each other in the quiet light
Bird watching, sky watching, sunsets and sunrise
Chorus
And you don’t get to go
Out your own way
You don’t get to choose
So just spare me
I know your afraid
Of becoming your own ghost
Afraid I’ll know
But you don’t get to go
Afraid I’ll know
But you don’t get to go
” You Don’t Get to Go ” Song Meaning
[Verse 1]
You don’t recognize yourself
Or the bottles on the bathroom shelf
You search for words and curse
The hand you cut down
It was a poetic attempt
I wouldn’t call it a try
When you went down to the pond
No note to slip cold through thin ice
[Chorus]
And you don’t get to go
Out your own way
You don’t get to choose
So just spare me
[Verse 2]
Between you and the kids
I’ve been lifting and cleaning
Feeding and bending for over 20 years now
We might be standing here
Looking at the end of ou
