Keep the Table Wide

[Verse 1]
They drew a line through the market square
Pinned old names like warnings there
You held your coat against the cold
I held the door for someone old

A child asked why the colors split
Why one small word could poison it
I said, "No wall can make us whole
A heart is wider than a border's pole"

[Pre-Chorus]
When the loudest voices call for blame
We can refuse to play their game
One hand open, one hand wide
Leave a place for every side

[Chorus]
We are not the same, and that's our strength
Different roads beneath one length
Let the frightened thunder roll
Love is how we make room for a soul

No more fists deciding who belongs
No more turning neighbors into wrongs
If we stand where every voice can be
There is enough world for you and me

[Verse 2]
At the bakery, two families met
Trading bread and cigarette regret
A language stumbled, then it grew
When laughter found a bridge between two

Your grandmother carried songs from home
Mine kept seeds in a jar of chrome
We planted both beside the gate
And watched them lean without a need to separate

[Pre-Chorus]
When the loudest voices call for blame
We can refuse to play their game
One hand open, one hand wide
Leave a place for every side

[Chorus]
We are not the same, and that's our strength
Different roads beneath one length
Let the frightened thunder roll
Love is how we make room for a soul

No more fists deciding who belongs
No more turning neighbors into wrongs
If we stand where every voice can be
There is enough world for you and me

[Bridge]
To the ones who were told to disappear
You are welcome here
To the ones who learned to live in fear
Set the armor down, come near

We can disagree without a war
We can leave the key beside the door
The future isn't owned by might
It starts with making space tonight

[Break]
Not one tongue
Not one face
Not one way
To share this place

[Final Chorus]
We are not the same, and that's our strength
Different roads beneath one length
Let the frightened thunder roll
Love is how we make room for a soul

No more fists deciding who belongs
No more turning neighbors into wrongs
Raise your voice, but leave room for me
There is enough world for you and me

[Outro]
Keep the table wide
Keep the doorway clear
Hold the stranger's name
Like somebody dear

Different hearts, one ground
Different songs, one sound
We coexist
We coexist