Sawdust & thank you

Morning light on a plywood floor, coffee rings by the planing door

Every scar on this workbench knows my name

I've chased perfection, I've cursed the brain

Tape measure bent, bum pencil worn down

Still got ten fingers, still got time now

Wood don't rush, it don't pretend

It teaches patience if you're listening

Every cut don't gotta be clean

Every thought don't gotta mean a thing

Thank you for the hands I've got

Thank you for the time I've got

Wasting on worry, wasting on fear

I'll keep it right now knowing there's enough right here

Not my thoughts when they start to run

I'm the one watching them come undone

Yeah, I breathe it in, let it all pass through

Sawdust in the air saying thank you

Form says the bottom's a little off square

But it still stands, still holds a weight

Their Luke says slow if you let it dry

Same way the heart does if you don't fight

Radio on like a quiet frame

Every mess can still be sanded in

I don't need perfect, I just need true

Something that holds when the night comes through

If it's crooked now it still can hold

Every flaw just adds to the grain of the soul

Thank you for the hands I've got

Thank you for the time I'm not

Wasting on worry, wasting on fear

I'll keep it right now knowing there's enough right here

Not my thoughts when they start to run

I'm the one watching them come undone

Yeah, I breathe it in, let it all pass through

Sawdust in the air saying thank you

Thoughts come loud, thoughts come fast

But none of them last if you don't hold back like

Sawdust falling from a blade

They disappear once you step away

I ain't broken, I ain't behind

I'm just aware of a restless mind

And in that space, quiet and true

I find a part of me that's always new

Thank you for the work I've asked

Thank you for the time I've asked