The Garden at the End of the Road

I used to run from everything.
Now I just watch the morning come.

[Verse 1]
I spent my best years chasing down the road
Carried every dream like it was gold
Towns and clocks and faces I forgot
And somewhere in the running, lost the plot

Then one autumn morning, tired to the bone
I turned the truck around and headed home
Past the rusted gate, past the old stone wall
Back to the place I should have loved through all

[Pre-Chorus]
The apple trees were waiting in the yard
Still giving fruit for every mile that scarred

[Chorus]
Where the roses climb and the low wind calls
And the sunset leans on the castle walls
No crown, no race, no proving anymore
Just old wood smoke and an open door
This is the garden at the end of the road
And I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be

[Verse 2]
Old roses climbing up the castle wall
Same ones my grandfather planted in the fall
I put my hands in dirt the way he did
And found the man I lost when I was a kid

The harvest table's set, the coffee's warm
And the castle held its ground through every storm

[Bridge]
I used to think that home was somewhere you arrive
Now I know it's something you keep tending to stay alive

Every seed I plant is something I forgive
Every tree that grows is just another way to live

[Final Chorus]
Where the roses climb and the low wind calls
And the sunset leans on the castle walls
No crown, no race, no proving anymore
Just old stones, old roots, and a golden sun
This is the garden at the end of the road
And I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be

[Outro]
I used to run from everything.
Now I just watch the morning come.