Lyrics

I didn't fall here by mistake or accident of birth
I wasn't tossed into the deep without a sense of worth
I packed my bags in some bright room I cannot now recall
And said: give me the full experience - I want to taste it all

The heartbreak and the hospital, the 3 AM despair
The job I lost, the friend who left, the greying of my hair
Not punishments, not random dice, not evidence of wrong
But chapters in a story that I chose to make this long

If I chose it, I can face it
If I signed up, I can take it

We came here on purpose
Through a door we can't remember
We came here on purpose
Every April, every December
Not as victims, not as prisoners
Not as accidents of chance
We came here on purpose -
And the purpose is to dance

You're not a broken thing that needs a cure or needs a fix
You're a traveler who volunteered for the most demanding trip
The amnesia is a feature, not a failure of the ride
The not-knowing is the engine - it's not something you should hide

If you chose it, you can meet it
If you entered, you can greet it

We came here on purpose
Through a door we can't remember
We came here on purpose
Every April, every December
Not as victims, not as prisoners
Not as accidents of chance
We came here on purpose -
And the purpose is to dance

And when the weight is just too much
And the night is just too long
Remember: you are not abandoned
You are playing the bravest song
A song that requires forgetting the melody
To discover it note by note by note -

We came here on purpose!
Through a door we can't remember!
We came here on purpose!
Every fire, every ember!
Not as strangers to ourselves
But as gods who chose to forget -
We came here on purpose
And we're not finished yet!

On purpose! On purpose!
We are here on purpose!