Where Kindness Ends

[Verse 1]
You ask me to smile while the verdict is forming
A warm little room with a locked iron door
I learned how to please by rehearsing the morning
Then hated the person who asked me for more

[Pre-Chorus]
If I tell the whole truth, will you call it a wound?
If I keep you from hurting, what happens to me?

[Chorus]
I want to be happy without turning cruel
I want to be good without living by rules
If mercy means breaking the shape that I’m in
Tell me where kindness ends and I begin

[Verse 2]
Your coat on the chair, your untouched cup cooling
The apology waits like a stone in my hand
I could make you feel safe by pretending I’m certain
Or leave you the truth and let silence withstand

[Pre-Chorus]
You deserve an answer; I deserve a life
Both can be true when the room cuts like a knife

[Chorus]
I want to be happy without turning cruel
I want to be good without living by rules
If mercy means breaking the shape that I’m in
Tell me where kindness ends and I begin

[Bridge]
No halo, no sentence, no clean way through
Just one honest choice I can make with you
I won’t call my fear a virtue again
I won’t call your hurt the price of my peace

[Final Chorus]
I want to be happy and still choose what’s true
I want to be good without vanishing for you
If mercy means making a boundary clear
Let it be gentle, let it be here

[Outro]
Let it be gentle
Let it be here