Lyric

The Door

Verse 1

The door of that little place called Door felt heavy in my hand

Not because the hinges failed

Just a frightened man

I never had the courage

To be disliked

Spent my whole life

Trying to smile right

Face pulled tight

But they called it a grin

Scared of rejection

So I never stepped in

Never took a woman out

Never rolled the dice

Still somehow I married once

Played husband for a night

Chorus

That door called Door felt heavy that day

Nothing wrong with the frame or the way it was made

Just a coward standing there

Turning doubt into weight

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Verse 2

My whole life running

Town to town

Ran to a motorcycle

Ran to a wedding gown

Ran to a company job

With a borrowed crown

Now there ain't many roads

Left to roam

Maybe just the graveyard

Waiting down the road

Sooner or later

Smoke and bone

Ash in the wind

With a borrowed stone

Truth is simple

Plain and stark

I just didn't want

Another scar on my heart

So I played the good man

Kept the peace

Smiled through the years

For a little release

Chorus

That door called Door felt heavy that day

Nothing wrong with the frame or the way it was made

Just a coward standing there

Turning doubt into weight

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Verse 3

Working the fields

Calmed my mind

Said I only bow

To the sun that shines

Told myself that lie

A thousand times

But look what happened

Funny old year

An old man falling

For someone dear

I never had the courage

To be disliked

Still somehow

I lost that fight

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Final Chorus

That door called Door felt heavy again

Not the wood or the lock

Just the shape I was in

Maybe getting disliked

Ain't the worst place to start

Maybe cracks in a man

Let the light reach the heart

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Outro

Someday soon

I'll go back there

Push that door

Like I don't care

Maybe by then

I'll understand

How a coward grows

Into a better man