Leave a Chair Beside the

[Verse 1]
You saw the seam in the painted sky
The little crack they walked right by
You heard the gears beneath the floor
And couldn’t call the grinding normal anymore
You named the hunger dressed as fate
You watched them bolt the garden gate
They said your eyes were hard to please
You said, “That lock was made by people—give me the keys.”

[Pre-Chorus]
And when you point to what is real
They call the wound a thing you feel
But seeing clearly has a cost
A compass works by knowing when you’re lost

[Chorus]
You’re not strange for seeing through it
You’re the hand that can undo it
Every rule was built by someone
Every wall can come apart
But the ones who turn the handle
May be standing there alone
You can change the shape of everything
And still walk home unknown

[Verse 2]
You moved the chairs, you changed the plan
You made a place where more could stand
You said the quiet part out loud
Then watched the room dissolve into a crowd
The phone stayed dark; the kettle clicked
Your victory felt strangely quick
A hundred doors swung open wide
No one beside you when you stepped outside

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t regret the truth you gave
You only miss the ones you couldn’t save
The view is wide, the table small
A longer reach can mean no hand at all

[Chorus]
You’re not strange for seeing through it
You’re the hand that can undo it
Every rule was built by someone
Every wall can come apart
But the ones who turn the handle
May be standing there alone
You can change the shape of everything
And still walk home unknown

[Bridge: half-time breakdown]
If I make a place for you
Will you come in from the cold?
I can move the doorframe
I can leave the porch light on
I can tell you what I saw
I can’t make you see it too
And the hardest part of changing things
Is not knowing who comes through

[Build]
Still, the bolt can turn
Still, the beam can bend
Still, a different kind of seeing
Can make a different end

[Final Chorus]
You’re not strange for seeing through it
You’re the hand that can undo it
Every rule was built by someone
Every wall can come apart
Though the ones who turn the handle
May be standing there alone
You can change the shape of everything
And make a wider home

[Outro]
Leave a chair beside the doorway
Leave the kettle warm
If you’re first to see the opening
You don’t have to be the only one