[Verse 1] I count the rooms I never enter Names of wants across a page Every answer grows a question Every lock becomes a cage I wear the proof around my wrist Still feel the missing weight I turn the key, I cross the threshold Then negotiate with fate [Pre-Chorus] How much can a heart carry Before the wanting starts to bend? I keep moving toward the summit Just to start the climb again [Chorus] I am the hand and I am the hunger I am the door and the one who knocks I build a ladder out of thunder Then wonder why the silence talks [Verse 2] There’s a photograph on the kitchen wall A younger face I barely know He thought the world would finally open If he learned exactly where to go Now every mile becomes a mirror Every prize reflects the cost I call it drive, I call it progress Anything but what I’ve lost [Pre-Chorus] How much can a heart carry When the wanting learns my name? I keep polishing the weapon Then complain about the blade [Chorus] I am the hand and I am the hunger I am the door and the one who knocks I build a ladder out of thunder Then wonder why the silence talks [Bridge] Put the numbers down Let the room stay plain Feel the floor beneath me Without earning my place If the answer isn’t waiting In the next thing I pursue Maybe being here is larger Than the life I meant to prove [Final Chorus] I am the hand and I am the hunger I am the door and the one who knocks I build a ladder out of thunder Then wonder why the silence talks I can leave one question open I can let the silence stay With an empty space beside me And no need to fill the shape [Outro] I am here I am here No finish line No disappearing act
