Change The Way We Walk Away

[Verse 1]
You stayed beside me in the clinic hall
While the vending machine ate my last coin
You found a joke in the humming lights
And waited till I could speak

[Pre-Chorus]
You didn't rush to fix the hurt
You let the whole account be heard
A chair pulled close, a patient hand
Can make a stranger understand

[Chorus]
Kindness is a door left open
Empathy, a place to land
Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing
It means I loosen my clenched hand
We can name the harm and still choose
What we carry from this day
A little room for one another
Can change the way we walk away

[Verse 2]
I said the thing that cut too deep
You took a breath and told me why
I didn't dress it up as anger
I let the apology arrive

[Pre-Chorus]
No clean erase, no easy claim
I heard the weight behind your name
We took it slowly, spoke it plain
And made a path through what remained

[Chorus]
Kindness is a door left open
Empathy, a place to land
Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing
It means I loosen my clenched hand
We can name the harm and still choose
What we carry from this day
A little room for one another
Can change the way we walk away

[Bridge]
The soup went cold between us
The truth was hard to say
You kept your coat there on the chair
I didn't turn away

[Final Chorus]
Kindness is a door left open
Empathy, a place to land
Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing
It means I loosen my clenched hand
We can name the harm and still choose
What we carry from this day
A little room for one another
Can change the way we walk away

[Outro]
Leave a chair beside the table
Leave the truth where both can see
Make a little room for healing
Make a little room for me