Even when I feel I've failed

I'll succeed in other ways

Even when the going gets tough

I'll rough it anyway

The wear and tear might break me down

I'll build up others more I've found

Because broken vessels are glued with gold

It makes an object more to behold

Let the origami of your life unfold

Derailed trolleys find their tracks

The ship of Theseus, George Washington's axe

The vessel's the same, even with the cracks

The model's never perfect, it's tailored down the line

With test and trial and tempest, the process can refine

With pressure comes a diamond, with pruning comes the pain

Those cut off pieces of your life will nourish soil again

Because broken vessels are glued with gold

It makes an object more to behold

Let the origami of your life unfold

Derailed trolleys find their tracks

The ship of Theseus, George Washington's axe

The vessel's the same, even with the cracks

Encoded in the program, there's loss and then there's gain

The spark of life is more than living, It's balance to reclaim

Your body's heat we beat in time

You and I were built the same

Because broken vessels are glued with gold

It makes an object more to behold

Let the origami of your life unfold

Derailed trolleys find their tracks

The ship of Theseus, George Washington's axe

The vessel's the same, even with the cracks

The thing is with all vessels, the ones with claim to fame

They're meant for more than you to see

They're living stories flawed and real, beheld by those they help to heal

Because you and I were built the same

All broken vessels are glued with gold

You make the object more to behold

Let the origami of your life unfold

Derailed trolleys find their tracks, the ship of Theseus, George Washington's axe

The vessel's the same, even with the cracks