The Door Inside You

[Intro]
They put a lid on the paper box
Said, “That’s enough for you.”
But underneath, a whole sea turned
And the blue came breaking through.

[Verse 1]
You kept a kingdom in the margins
Of the worksheet on your desk
A paper moon above the kitchen
A small fox in a red vest
They called your questions impractical
Your daydreams wasted time
So you hid whole continents
Between the ruled and measured lines

[Pre-Chorus]
But a seed keeps its instructions
In the dark beneath the stone
And the picture you keep tending
Is a place that’s yours alone

[Chorus]
Keep the door inside you open
Keep a room they can’t rename
Let the impossible take root there
Let it grow beyond their frame
When the world says, “Be less wonder,”
When it sands your edges down
Guard the bright and unruly garden
That you carry through this town

[Verse 2]
You draw a staircase up the raincloud
Give the sparrow boots of gold
You make a map for every feeling
That you never could be told
They’ll ask what good a dream can do you
As if hope were just a toy
But every kinder thing we live in
Started first as someone’s joy

[Pre-Chorus]
They can stack their neat instructions
They can narrow every lane
Still your mind can make a passage
Through a wall they call your name

[Chorus]
Keep the door inside you open
Keep a room they can’t rename
Let the impossible take root there
Let it grow beyond their frame
When the world says, “Be less wonder,”
When it sands your edges down
Guard the bright and unruly garden
That you carry through this town

[Bridge]
When you’re tired, make one small thing
A crooked boat, a painted stone
Give the lonely thing a language
Give the lost a place called home
No one else can tend it for you
No one else can see it whole
You are not too old for marvels
You are not too much of a soul

[Final Chorus]
Keep the door inside you open
Let the whole wild garden climb
Give the impossible your daylight
Give the half-made dream its time
When the world says, “Be less wonder,”
Let your answer take its shape
Every future once was hidden
In a mind they couldn’t tame

[Outro]
A room they can’t rename
A seed beneath the stone
Keep the door inside you open
Keep that garden growing on