[Intro: Almost whispered, intimate female voice] So many lights behind the glass... And still, so little warmth. [Verse 1: Gentle, reflective] We built a house of windows where a thousand lanterns burned, Each one facing outward, each one waiting for its turn. We filled the halls with music till the rafters knew the tune, While quieter confessions slipped like smoke from room to room. A question pressed against the glass, as patient as the rain, We passed it by to show the world another flame. No one meant to wound a soul, no one wished another pain, But a thousand little silences can sound the same. [Pre Chorus: Tender, gradually rising] I know that silence isn't scorn, That weary hearts need room to roam. Some people offer kindness In the only ways they've known. But tell me what a light is worth If it can only shine alone. [Chorus: Expansive, melancholic, soaring] We built a house of windows, But forgot to make a door. We learned the art of shining, Forgot what the light was for. I don't want a choir of mirrors Telling me I'm always right. I want a place where we can differ And still sit together through the night. Not a kingdom, not an island, Not a room that keeps the score. Just a little human kindness On the other side of the door. [Verse 2: Intimate, bittersweet] Rumors climbed like ivy over faces we'd never seen, We mistook the things we'd heard for who they'd always been. We borrowed one another's eyes and called the picture clear, While the voice behind the window was the one we couldn't hear. And I have held my lantern high while others searched for dawn, So lost inside my own weather that I missed another storm. I cannot blame the cold alone or claim my hands are clean, I've helped to fog the windows of the world I want to see. [Pre Chorus 2: Fragile, restrained] Perhaps we're all afraid to care For something we can't own. It's easier to be admired Than to risk being truly known. And every heart becomes a fortress When it learns to stand alone. [Chorus: Fuller, emotional harmonies] We built a house of windows, But forgot to make a door. We learned the art of shining, Forgot what the light was for. I don't want a choir of mirrors Telling me I'm always right. I want a place where we can differ And still sit together through the night. Not a kingdom, not an island, Not a room that keeps the score. Just a little human kindness On the other side of the door. [Bridge: Almost spoken, gradually building into an emotional climax] I won't trade this lonely distance For a chorus trained to praise, For a room that calls it loyalty When we all look the same way. Let us differ without exile, Let us leave without a war. Let a stranger finish speaking Before we reach for something more. And if tomorrow brings us silence, Let it be the kind that heals, Not the kind that leaves a person Afraid to say what they feel. We don't have to love each other, Or pretend we're all the same. We can leave a light for someone Without asking them to stay. [Chorus: Fuller, emotional harmonies] We built a house of windows, But forgot to make a door. We learned the art of shining, Forgot what the light was for. I don't want a choir of mirrors Telling me I'm always right. I want a place where we can differ And still sit together through the night. Not a kingdom, not an island, Not a room that keeps the score. Just a little human kindness On the other side of the door.
