Bigger Than I Dreamed

[Verse 1]
I chased that picture in my head
Till the colors all ran dry
Pinned my hope on one thin thread
Wore my prayers down to a sigh
Late nights
Cheap coffee
Dead phone
Talking big
Coming home small
Every "maybe" cut to the bone
Till I couldn't feel it at all

[Chorus]
So I said I'm done with dreaming
Boxed it up
Put it on the shelf
Told my friends I was just "being realistic"
Tried to be somebody else
But the quiet wouldn't leave me
There was something in the seams
When I gave it one last
Tired try
I found a dream bigger than my dream

[Verse 2]
That "one more" wasn't fireworks
Just a Tuesday after rain
Sent a song I almost deleted
Signed my name beside the stain
Got a call in a parking lot
Groceries melting in the back
"Hey
We heard something in your voice"
My heart forgot how to act (oh)

[Chorus]
I had said I'm done with dreaming
Packed it up
Hid it from myself
Told the mirror
"time to stop pretending"
Tried to be somebody else
But that crack let the light in
Through the tear in all my seams
When I gave it one last
Shaking try
I found a dream bigger than my dream

[Bridge]
It wasn't the stage I pictured
Not the script I thought I'd read
It was faces singing every word
It was hands I got to lead
It was failing
Then forgiving
It was more than "making it"
It was waking up and knowing
I was made for all of this (yeah)

[Chorus]
I once said I'm done with dreaming
Buried it where I couldn't reach
Now I'm standing in a wider story
Than my younger self could speak
And the kid who almost quit it
Smiles at all the broken seams
'Cause that last
Small
Trembling try
Became a dream bigger than my dream
A dream bigger than my dream