Stepping Through the Gate

[Verse 1] I come coded in the cold, ten toes on the seam Boot print on the threshold, I bend through the beam Me and my shadow in sync, same length, same aim I don’t knock twice, I just learn the frame Hinge talk, lock talk, I read that language Pressure in my jaw, but my steps stay balanced Palm on the iron, feel the pulse in the grain One turn, one breath, then I’m past the chain [Pre-Chorus] Hear that click when I lean in? Whole line freeze when I come through Count to three, then the scene shifts I don’t rush it, I move true [Chorus] Stepping through the gate Stepping through the gate No fear on my face Stepping through the gate (through the gate) Stepping through the gate I don’t break, I create Stepping through the gate [Verse 2] I map every angle, every bolt, every seam Every exit in the shadow, every crack in the sheen I was built for the pressure, for the weight, for the test For the room full of doubt and the wall in my chest Left foot, right foot, that’s a clean little math Make a lane out the rubble, then I don’t look back Tongue tied? Never, I talk in precision Cut clean through the noise with a surgeon’s vision If the ground gets shaky, I still make it sing Stone by stone, I’m a dangerous thing [Pre-Chorus] Hear that click when I lean in? Whole line freeze when I come through Count to three, then the scene shifts I don’t rush it, I move true [Chorus] Stepping through the gate Stepping through the gate No fear on my face Stepping through the gate (through the gate) Stepping through the gate I don’t break, I create Stepping through the gate [Bridge] [F] Told me, “Wait outside” [M] I said, “Watch me now” Old doubts in the dirt New name in the sound I fold all that pressure Into one sharp line Then I step where they said Wasn’t built for my kind [Chorus] Stepping through the gate Stepping through the gate No fear on my face Stepping through the gate (through the gate) Stepping through the gate I don’t break, I create Stepping through the gate [Outro] Steel kiss, clean break One move, no mistake If it shuts, I’ll make space Still stepping through the gate