Keep the Window Cracked

[Verse 1]
I fell asleep with the window cracked
And a paper moon on the bedroom wall
Somewhere beneath the mattress springs
A second country heard my call

I walked through fields of silver wheat
Where every stalk knew my old name
A river carried the words I lost
And brought them back without the blame

[Pre-Chorus]
There were doors in the clouds
There were stairs in the sea
Every impossible place
Made room for me

[Chorus]
Let the strange world open
Let it pull me through
I can set down the burden
I kept mistaking for truth
When the dark turns generous
And the sleeping heart knows
I come back with a wider chest
And a road where the hurt used to close

[Verse 2]
I met a child with my tired eyes
She held a match beneath the rain
She said, You don't have to earn the dawn
You don't have to explain your pain

We built a house from borrowed doors
Hung blue bells along the stairs
The roof was made of breathing birds
And nothing broke when I left my cares

[Pre-Chorus]
There were hands in the walls
There was warmth in the stone
Every impossible place
Taught me I'm home

[Chorus]
Let the strange world open
Let it pull me through
I can set down the burden
I kept mistaking for truth
When the dark turns generous
And the sleeping heart knows
I come back with a wider chest
And a road where the hurt used to close

[Bridge]
If I vanish, let me wander
Past the maps I used to guard
Let the dream undo the armor
Let the soft become the hard

I have carried every question
Like a suitcase full of rain
Now the sky unzips above me
And I breathe without the chain

[Final Chorus]
Let the strange world open
Let it pull me through
I can set down the burden
And return as something new
When the dark turns generous
And the sleeping heart knows
I come back with a wider chest
With a living fire under the bones

[Outro]
Keep the window cracked
Keep the paper moon
If I sleep, I’m not disappearing
I’m making room