Lyric

I stood where the light thinned out

With my hand above the grain

A room I had not entered yet

Was breathing through the frame

My coat held the morning cold

My shoes held the road

I carried every almost

Like a name I never spoke

I was not ready

I was not gone

But something in my chest

Had already moved on

Let me step in slowly

Let the air learn my face

I do not need to belong yet

I only need a place

Let the floor stay quiet

Let the walls stay still

I am coming with my fear here

And I am coming still

Before the Door Knows Me

I will stand and breathe

With all my little endings

Folded in my sleeve

The handle felt like weather

The silence felt alive

I did not feel courageous

I only felt outside

I was not certain

I was not clean

But I had left the smaller life

That used to cover me

Let me step in slowly

Let the air learn my face

I do not need to belong yet

I only need a place

Let the floor stay quiet

Let the walls stay still

I am coming with my fear here

And I am coming still

Maybe I will shake there

Maybe I will stay

Maybe I will miss the room

That taught me to be safe

But safety had a ceiling

And I was growing through

The dark around the threshold

Was asking me to choose

Let me step in slowly

Let the air learn my face

I do not need to belong yet

I only need a place

Let the floor stay quiet

Let the walls stay still

I am coming with my fear here

And I am coming still