Wake to the Walls

[Verse 1]
I keep a place in my mind with a door on each side
No keys to collect, no fence in the yard
You’d bring your hard days, I’d set out the heat
There’d be room at the table for everyone I keep

[Pre-Chorus]
But every hand draws a line in the dust
Says, “If you’re mine, then you can’t be theirs”
I can’t make a shelter out of that kind of trust
Still I picture us there

[Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear
I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near
No one would be owned, no one asked to choose
We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose
But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules
So I dream us together—and wake to the walls

[Verse 2]
I know your laugh from the way it breaks loose
Know when you go quiet, what not to ask
I want all your seasons, not a deed to your name
Not a promise that makes somebody else pay

[Pre-Chorus]
Still every hand draws a line in the dust
Says, “If you’re mine, then you can’t be theirs”
I can’t make a shelter out of that kind of trust
Still I picture us there

[Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear
I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near
No one would be owned, no one asked to choose
We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose
But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules
So I dream us together—and wake to the walls

[Bridge]
Maybe the rooms would be small
Maybe the roof would need mending
But nobody’s name on the door
Would mean the welcome was ending

[Final Chorus]
If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear
I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near
No one would be owned, no one asked to choose
We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose
But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules
So I dream us together—and wake to the walls

[Outro]
I dream us together
And wake to the walls