[Verse 1 - the realization arriving] I didn’t plan to find the line here I never did In the middle of a sentence I was thinking Something stopped and didn’t start again And I knew before I knew what I was knowing
There’s a version of my life I’ve been living That I built with the assets I had And it carried me through half of my journey And it’s gotten about as far as it can go -
[Pre-Chorus] So now we need to decide Thinking if we go and step over Into the void— into the unknown Over the line that will take us beyond
[Chorus] Point of no return And I can’t tell if that’s terrifying I can’t say that this isn’t horrifying Or the best thing to accidentally find I didn’t choose the threshold The threshold chose the timing Point of no return I have no idea what’s on the other side But I have to go I think I have to
[Verse 2 - all four feelings arriving at once] There’s a grief I didn’t expect for what was working Even the broken parts felt like they were mine There’s an excitement I’m embarrassed to be feeling Because I don’t know what I’m excited for yet
There’s a sadness for the version I was building I was doing something real, I was creating And there’s a feeling I can’t name yet on the other side of it That keeps pulling at the part that’s trying to stay still
[Pre-Chorus - more heated] A part of me wants to stay - Hesitating at the possibilities Mauling over the probabilities But the line is beckoning time to decide -
[Chorus] Point of no return And I can’t tell if that’s terrifying I can’t say that this isn’t petrifying Or the best thing to accidentally find I didn’t choose the threshold The threshold chose the timing Point of no return I have no idea what’s on the other side But I have to go I think I have to - I do
[Bridge - standing at the threshold] I’ve been standing here longer than I thought Pretending I was choosing to stay But the truth is something already moved And the me that’s still pretending Is standing in a room that’s no longer mine to stay in
And I don’t know what name to put on what comes next And I don’t know which version of myself survives the going But I know— I know, I know The version of me that doesn’t go- Doesn’t make it
[Pre-Chorus] I take a breath one last time - Hope lights a path unfolding clear and wide Readying to go over the great divide I trust the strength inside
[Final Chorus - stripped back, almost just her] Point of no return And terrifying is the wrong word actually Bone chilling, hair raising yet shockingly — Honest is the word I didn’t choose the threshold But I’m choosing the step Point of no return I have no idea what’s on the other side But I have to go I think we all do Together - (together?) (Together!)
[Outro - quietest moment on the album so far] So this is the part where I go forward. Not knowing.
Point of No Return.