Before the pen touches paper
The mind must clear the wreckage
Think twice
Love once
I write the sentence seven times before I let it land
I cross it out, I write it back, I feel it in my hand
I used to ship the first idea like it owed me something true
But every draft I throw away is closer to the blue
The page is patient, page is honest, page is clean
The page is where the loudest thoughts become the softest things
Before you write a word, my friend, you better clear the deck
The sharpest ink I ever spilled was one I chose to wreck
Oh, the choir is rising
Oh, the pen is hushing
Think before you ink it
Love before you leave it
Write before you speak it
Hold before you grieve it
Think before you ink it
Love before you leave it
The page is wide
And so is the morning
I met a man who only spoke in pages that he burned
He said, the loudest sermons are the ones you never earned
I met a girl who kept a book of every word she tried
She said, the ones she crossed away are what saved her life
The trash can is a teacher, the rewrite is a friend
The clean white page tomorrow will forgive you in the end
Think twice
Love once
Think twice
Love once
Before you write
Breathe
Before you write
Live