To joy again To love again To hopes that push won't come to shove again To emptier plates and fuller bellies Carefree laughs, and then To stepping back into the world again To breathe again Take trips again To recognize each other's dry chapped lips again To movie theaters, fitting rooms Replacing If with When To stepping back into the world again To singing any song I want It doesn't matter where To sitting still in silence with some other person there To living through a season you thought you couldn't bear To holding on to memories to share To joy again To love again To hopes that push won't come to shove again To looking back behind me And picking up my pen To stepping back into the world again To stepping back into the world again