What Remains

[Verse 1]
On the last day I walked our house
I cried and burnt a palo
Waved smoke through the empty rooms
And listened to the vacant echo
I know that I will never see this again
So memory, memory, hold on to both sides
The good times and the pain

[Chorus]
So that I can make the most of what remains
What remains
Of all we had, all we did, all we were, all we tried to be

[Verse 2]
I’m leaving my city tomorrow
I don’t know when I’ll return
I’m going south to the mountains and west over the plains
To the Rockies and then on to the ocean
I know that nothing in this world stays the same
Except what’s held down and caged and I’ve been there
But it’s time for release

[Chorus]
So that I can make the most of what remains
What remains
Of all we had, all we did, all we were, all we tried to be

[Bridge]
I miss you like a lost country
I’ll be back, I’ll be back, but will you know me?
When I come around, when I come around
Will we have more than the past?

[Outro]
What remains
What remains
What remains
What remains