The House Inside My Head

[Verse 1]
I drew a floor plan on the back of a receipt
A room for every laugh I know by heart
A long table where nobody keeps score
A door that never asks who came before

[Pre-Chorus]
I’d set the kettle on, leave every key
Make enough room for you and me

[Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I love
I’d keep the windows open, pass the warmth around
We’d live beside each other, never asking who belongs
But love gets called a claim, and hands become a fence
So I hold the house inside my head
Where no one has to choose

[Verse 2]
You tell me, “If you care, then make a choice”
As if a heart were land to mark and own
I want to meet you all without a ledger
No one smaller so another feels secure

[Pre-Chorus]
I’d set the kettle on, leave every key
Make enough room for you and me

[Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I love
I’d keep the windows open, pass the warmth around
We’d live beside each other, never asking who belongs
But love gets called a claim, and hands become a fence
So I hold the house inside my head
Where no one has to choose

[Bridge]
Maybe the walls are only in the rules
Maybe we learned to guard what could be shared
I’d give you warmth without a deed or witness
And let each heart arrive, still wholly theirs

[Final Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I love
I’d keep the windows open, pass the warmth around
We’d live beside each other, never asking who belongs
But love gets called a claim, and hands become a fence
So I hold the house inside my head
And dream we all can stay

[Outro]
I leave the door unlatched in the dream