Lyric

Took the corner seat, dropped my bag

Room was full of warmth — none for me

Six words on a note, watched it fall flat

No hand came down — just silence, just still

Punctuation smile from the stage

Period dropped — nothing followed through

Window held the only honest light

Didn’t ask — just fell on me too

Yesterday that stillness had a name

Today it’s got no edges, no ground

I was there —

In that ro — om

I brea — thed

I took up spa — ce

But the li — ght

Bent a — round me

Lea — ving me

With — out a place

I spo — ke

The air just clo — sed

Still I sta — yed

Still I sta — yed

They laughed and built a circle

I couldn’t find the door

Not cruelty — that’s what cut the deepest

Warmth that walked right through the floor

Consistency matters — soft landing

That was all — that was all

Forty-two years down the middle

Today the middle’s gone

Ordinary — wore it like a coat

Today it fits like someone else’s skin

I was there —

In that ro — om

I brea — thed

I took up spa — ce

But the li — ght

Bent a — round me

Lea — ving me

With — out a place

I spo — ke

The air just clo — sed

Still I sta — yed

Still I sta — yed

Would it have mattered —

The hallway swallowed that one whole

One flicker — fluorescent, cold

Forty-two years stared back at me

Mirror gave me nothing but a face

Elevator closed — no sound

But the weight inside this chest —

That’s mine

Not to carry down —

To carry forward

I was there —

In that ro — om

I brea — thed

I took up spa — ce

But the li — ght

Bent a — round me

Lea — ving me

With — out a place

I spo — ke

The air just clo — sed

Still I’m he — re

Still I’m he — re

Here

Still here

Even glass — lets through the light

I’m here