The Gift Map

Name: The Gift Map
Duration: 279 s
Description: The Gift Map by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “Look at the map, tell me where you stand The weight of the gift is inside the hand From catching the…”

No artist release note is published for this song yet.

More listening destinations

YouTube Music Spotify artist page Apple Music artist page Deezer artist page UnitedMasters catalog

Words from the artist’s archive

The Gift Map lyrics

Artist-supplied lyric sheet, matched by title. The sheet may differ from this released performance. Production notes and alternate promotional cuts are omitted.

Read the lyric sheet

Intro

Six AM, the frost is on the window pane Check the map, let me show you how it changed

Verse 1

Back in the day, I was looking for the bright red box Under the pine, counting minutes on the kitchen clock Nothing but greed in my eyes, just a child's heart Thinking that the plastic was the only vital part World felt big, everything was handed to my palm Waking up the house, breaking through the morning calm Didn't see the price, didn't see the sweat upon the brow Only saw the shine, yeah, I see the truth of it now

Chorus

Look at the map, tell me where you stand The weight of the gift is inside the hand From catching the spark to lighting the flame The season is different, it’s never the same

Verse 2

Fast forward ten, now I’m seventeen and coming up Empty in the pockets, drinking from a bitter cup Wanted to be grand, wanted to buy Mom the gold But the engine’s dead and the winter air is turning cold Gave her a letter, ink was smudged from the shaking hand Smallest of the offerings across the frozen land That’s the first dimension, giving when you got a zero Broken and the broke, playing like a holiday hero

Bridge

It’s not the gold, it’s the ghost in the machine Dimension four: being heard and being seen The gift of presence when the presents are all gone Finding the peace in the quiet of the dawn

Verse 3

Now I’m the man, got the bills piled to the sky Dimension five: looking in my daughter's hopeful eye Still struggling to make it, but I’m making it a way Harder to give when the world demands you gotta pay The map shows the struggle, shows the scars of the hustle Giving from the bottom, every dollar is a muscle Compared to the rich? Nah, compare to your own soul The sacrifice you made is what really makes you whole

Chorus

Look at the map, tell me where you stand The weight of the gift is inside the hand From catching the spark to lighting the flame The season is different, it’s never the same

Bridge

Forgive yourself for the things you couldn't buy The fifth dimension is the spirit, never lie The map is a circle, coming back to where we start The greatest of the treasures is the rhythm of the heart

Chorus

Look at the map, tell me where you stand The weight of the gift is inside the hand From catching the spark to lighting the flame The season is different, it’s never the same

Chorus

Look at the map, tell me where you stand The weight of the gift is inside the hand From catching the spark to lighting the flame The season is different, it’s never the same

Outro

Check your coordinates, see the light One more mile through the winter night The gift is the journey, yeah

Saved reading

Inside the recording

96 sampled loudness windows · 279 seconds. The white line follows the player; this is a local recording matched by title and duration, not a verified YouTube audio fingerprint.

↓ Save the sound print · scalable SVG

01 / The opening