A Room for Mercy

[Verse 1]
I learned the shape of taking
By the weight inside my hands
Built a room from every answer
Could not see who couldn't stand

Then you met me at the doorway
With a tremor in your voice
Not a verdict, not a weapon
Just a chance to make a choice

[Pre-Chorus]
If I can stop and listen
Before I turn away
A little room for mercy
Can change the course of days

[Chorus]
Love is not a prize we keep
It is a promise we repeat
When the world forgets a name
We can call it back again

Forgiveness clears a wider road
Empathy can share the load
Hand to hand and heart to heart
That is where the better starts

[Verse 2]
I have watched a small kindness
Cross a room and alter fear
A coat around a stranger
A chair pulled close, a listening ear

No one heals by standing higher
No one thrives alone
Every door we leave unguarded
Teaches someone they belong

[Pre-Chorus]
Let the old hurt lose its language
Let the clenched fist learn release
What we offer one another
Makes a future out of peace

[Chorus]
Love is not a prize we keep
It is a promise we repeat
When the world forgets a name
We can call it back again

Forgiveness clears a wider road
Empathy can share the load
Hand to hand and heart to heart
That is where the better starts

[Bridge]
I will say I was wrong
I will stay when it is hard
I will trade the need to win
For the courage to repair

You are more than what you broke
I am more than what I have done
There is room beneath one roof
For the many to become one

[Instrumental Break]

[Final Chorus]
Love is not a prize we keep
It is a promise we repeat
When the world forgets a name
We can call it back again

Forgiveness clears a wider road
Empathy can share the load
Hand to hand and heart to heart
That is where the better starts

[Outro]
Start with the name you nearly missed
Start with the truth you cannot hide
Start with a hand held open
And leave no one outside