[Verse 1] I have carried this long enough Through the winter rooms, through the hollow months Through the names I stopped saying out loud Through the faces lost in the crowd I have stood at the edge of the dark With my back to the cold and my hands on my heart But the cold came in anyway And I let it [Pre-Chorus] Something loosens Something falls Like a door swung open In an empty hall [Chorus] I am done with the holding on I am done with the fading light I lay it all down at the threshold And I walk into the night Not falling Not broken Not lost Just finally free [Verse 2] There is nothing left to protect now No ember I need to cup against the wind The moths have shown me the way here The tide has been calling me in I have mourned what I needed to mourn I have worn what I needed to wear Now the darkness opens before me Like hands Like air [Pre-Chorus] Something loosens Something falls Like a door swung open In an empty hall [Chorus] I am done with the holding on I am done with the fading light I lay it all down at the threshold And I walk into the night Not falling Not broken Not lost Just finally free [Bridge — spoken, barely above silence] This is not an ending This is the moment I stop pretending I was ever meant for the light [Final Chorus — slower, more open] I am done with the holding on I am done with the fading light I lay it all down at the threshold And I walk into the night Not falling Not broken Not lost Just free [Outro — single voice, fading] The threshold behind me The threshold behind me The darkness ahead The darkness ahead The darkness
