Stay Right Here

I knew you'd come back. I keep a little room behind my eyes, Where every door swings open from the wrong side. I count the cracks and give them names, Then hear your voice arrive through all the blame. You found the part I couldn't reach, You held the words I couldn't speak. You came through for me—when the whole world split, When my heart went quiet, you stayed in it. I was all sharp edges, all runaway fear, You came through for me, and you stayed right here. Stay right here! Stay right here! A small voice shouts from the back of my head, The grown-up me says, “Don't trust what they said.” Then your hand finds mine without asking why, And the locked room opens to a strip of sky. You found the part I couldn't reach, You held the words I couldn't speak. You came through for me—when the whole world split, When my heart went quiet, you stayed in it. I was all sharp edges, all runaway fear, You came through for me, and you stayed right here. Stay right here! Stay right here! I can breathe. I can begin. Look at me! We made it! If I lose the thread again, You'll remind me where I am. You came through for me—when the whole world split, When my heart went quiet, you stayed in it. I was all sharp edges, now I let you near, You came through for me, and you stayed right here. Stay right here! Stay right here! You came through for me! I can begin.