I Built You a Room

[Verse 1]
I framed a little room for you
With blue tile saved from the kitchen floor
A lamp that leans, a shelf of books
A key that fits your hand and nothing more

[Pre-Chorus]
Then someone came in out of weather
I moved the chairs and made more space
The hallway learned another doorway
The house kept changing shape

[Chorus]
I build you a room, I build you a room
With a window cut to fit your view
Every heart I carry gets a place to bloom
But I keep walking past the room I meant for me
I build you a room, I build you a room
And the walls keep growing, warm and wide
If I leave one door unlocked for me
Will I know which one is mine?

[Verse 2]
Your coat hangs by the stairwell now
Your laughter gathers in the dining room
I know the creak beneath your step
The quiet corners where you come to lose the gloom

[Pre-Chorus]
I draw a line around a small patch
Then hear your name beyond the wall
I make the opening a little wider
And lose my place again in it all

[Chorus]
I build you a room, I build you a room
With a window cut to fit your view
Every heart I carry gets a place to bloom
But I keep walking past the room I meant for me
I build you a room, I build you a room
And the walls keep growing, warm and wide
If I leave one door unlocked for me
Will I know which one is mine?

[Bridge]
Maybe mine is not a room with a lock
Maybe mine is the pause before I answer
A square of floor with nothing on it
A breath that doesn’t have to hold another

[Final Chorus]
I built you a room, I built you a room
Now I’m setting down the keys awhile
Every heart I carry has a place to bloom
And I’ll stay here long enough to feel my own
I built you a room, I built you a room
There is space beneath the open sky
I leave one door unlocked for me
And step inside

[Outro]
The house can wait
I’m home inside