Setting Down the Stone

[Verse 1]
You left your coat beside the stairs
The rain came through the kitchen screen
I kept the sentence in my mouth
And polished it till it turned mean

[Pre-Chorus]
I know what hurt can make us guard
A little room behind the heart
But I am tired of keeping score
And feeding every old remark

[Chorus]
Forgiveness is not saying it was right
It’s setting down the stone I carried home
I can name the wound and still choose light
I can leave the locked door on its own
I won’t pretend the past was kind
I’ll let it stop deciding what we are

[Verse 2]
Your note was folded in a book
The one we read beside the sink
No grand apology can mend
A trust that takes its time to drink

[Pre-Chorus]
So bring the truth without defense
I’ll bring the space to hear it through
A small beginning, nothing more
A careful step from me to you

[Chorus]
Forgiveness is not saying it was right
It’s setting down the stone I carried home
I can name the wound and still choose light
I can leave the locked door on its own
I won’t pretend the past was kind
I’ll let it stop deciding what we are

[Bridge]
Some days I may remember
Some days the old words sting
But mercy isn’t memory erased
It’s choosing what the memory means

[Final Chorus]
Forgiveness is not saying it was right
It’s setting down the stone I carried home
I can name the wound and still choose light
And let a kinder answer find its tone
I won’t pretend the past was kind
I’ll let it stop deciding what we are

[Outro]
The coat is dry beside the stairs
The morning finds us where we are