Where the Mountains Open Wide

I left the old keys on the kitchen shelf

Took one last look, then I chose myself

The morning wore frost on the windshield glass

And every mile made room for the past

Now the road bends high where the cold winds turn

There are things you lose and things you learn

I'm going where the mountains open wide

Where the last light falls on the other side

With a heart still bruised but a steady flame

I'm not who I was and I won't turn back again

Oh, I'm still moving

Still moving on

'Til the dark gives way

When the night is gone

The seasons changed in the rear view frame

Some old photographs forgot my name

But your voice comes back when the silence grows

A distant bell through the pines below

And the sky burns gold on the western ridge

I can feel my feet at the edge of the bridge

I'm going where the mountains open wide

Where the last light falls on the other side

With a heart still bruised but a steady flame

I'm not who I was and I won't turn back again, oh

I'm still moving, still moving on

'Til the dark gives way and the night is gone

If I find my way, it won't be by a sign

It'll be one more step, one more change in line

And the life I feared is the life I can choose

There's a long blue road and nothing left to lose

I'm going where the mountains open wide

Where the last light falls on the other side

With my hands held high and my face to the flame

I'm not who I was and I won't turn back again

Yes, I'm still moving, still moving on

With the whole sky burning till the night is gone

I'm still moving, still moving on

Finding my way where the wild roads run

The road keeps rising, the evening turns blue

I'm carrying less, but I'm carrying through