You Saw the Crack

[Verse 1]
You saw the crack beneath the paint
The careful lie they called restraint
You asked why every door was small
And heard the hinges in the wall
They called you difficult to know
You noticed where the seams would go
A crooked thought, a stubborn flame
A better question without a name

[Pre-Chorus]
You weren't made to fit the frame
You saw the frame was built to tame

[Chorus]
Maybe strange is seeing clearly
When the room prefers a blur
You can turn the truth to motion
You can change what others were
But the hands that move the mountain
May come home to empty chairs
Still, the world is less alone now
Because you saw what wasn't there

[Verse 2]
You marked the ramp beside the stairs
Made room for voices no one hears
You moved the table, changed the rule
Made space for someone called a fool
They praised the bridge, forgot the shore
You kept on building something more
Then walked back through your quiet door
With no one there to ask what for

[Pre-Chorus]
The view that lets you see ahead
Can leave you speaking to yourself instead

[Chorus]
Maybe strange is seeing clearly
When the room prefers a blur
You can turn the truth to motion
You can change what others were
But the hands that move the mountain
May come home to empty chairs
Still, the world is less alone now
Because you saw what wasn't there

[Bridge: half-time, intimate]
I know the cost of being first
Of naming what the silence hides
They take the path you cut through stone
Then leave you standing off to the side
If you are tired, let it show
You don't have to lead tonight
The ones who walk the road you opened
Will learn to leave a porch light

[Final Chorus]
Maybe strange is seeing clearly
And refusing to look away
You can turn the truth to motion
You can bend the shape of days
Though the hands that move the mountain
May come home to empty chairs
What you changed will keep on reaching
Past the loneliness you bear

[Outro]
You saw the crack
You made a door
Someone comes through
And asks for more