Lyric

The chair is still behind me

The light is almost gone

I kept my hands together

For longer than I thought

I waited to be carried

I waited to be named

The room remained polite

And nothing came

I do not blame the table

I do not blame the door

They held the shape around me

But never held me more

I asked the quiet softly

To make a place for me

It answered with the same air

And let me be

I do not wait to be kept

I take my weight with me

I rise before the room decides

What I am allowed to be

No chair can keep my name now

No light can make me stay

I lift my hands from silence

And turn away

This is not escape

This is not a fire

This is just my body

Learning its desire

I do not need permission

I do not need a claim

I need to leave with enough of me

To know my name

I do not wait to be kept

I take my weight with me

I rise before the room decides

What I am allowed to be

I stand before leaving

I know it in my bones

The place that never held me

Can keep the chair alone

The room remains behind me

Still arranged and bright

I step into the doorway

And carry my own life