The Shape of Being Safe

[Verse 1]
You’ll call it a coincidence
The first time I change the air
A quiet hand against your ribs
A place that wasn’t there

I won’t arrive with warning signs
I won’t announce the cost
I’ll make the kitchen feel like shelter
Then show you what you’ve lost

[Pre-Chorus]
Be wary of the easy door
The one that opens when I’m near
Some kinds of comfort take root deep
And disappear when I disappear

[Chorus]
You won’t see me coming
Not the distance I can cross
I’ll make a room inside your chest
Then leave you counting what it costs

You’ll feel me in the quiet
When the chair stays where it stood
I’ll be the shape of being safe
And the reason safe feels gone for good

[Verse 2]
I’ll learn the sound of your old floor
The kettle’s crooked little cry
The way you fold a towel twice
When something hurts inside

You’ll tell me I’m a kind of home
Like you were always meant to stay
But every home has empty rooms
That call your name away

[Pre-Chorus]
Be wary of the steady flame
That warms the parts you never show
You may not notice what I change
Until there’s nowhere else to go

[Chorus]
You won’t see me coming
Not the distance I can cross
I’ll make a room inside your chest
Then leave you counting what it costs

You’ll feel me in the quiet
When the chair stays where it stood
I’ll be the shape of being safe
And the reason safe feels gone for good

[Bridge]
I’m not asking you to follow
I’m not promising I’ll stay
I’m only telling you the weather
Before I turn and walk away

If I become your safest place
Remember safety can be borrowed
The deepest mark is made by hands
You trusted with tomorrow

[Final Chorus]
You won’t see me coming
Till the whole room knows my name
I’ll make your guarded heart go still
Then make stillness hurt the same

You’ll feel me in the quiet
In the doorway, in the wood
I’ll be the shape of being home
And the proof that home was good

[Outro]
Be wary
Be wary
You’ll miss me most
Where you felt understood