The Door That Opens Once

(Verse 1) I don't remember where it began Only the silence holding my hand A hallway stretched beyond my sight Swallowing every trace of light A simple door... a weathered frame Waiting there without my name Every breath became too slow Like it knew what I don't know (Pre-Chorus) Don't turn around... Don't make a sound... The walls dissolve The past grows thin Something underneath my skin... (Chorus) There's a door that opens only once One last breath before it's gone Every heartbeat... Every scar... Everything that made me who I was If I let it pull me in Will I lose... Or will I begin? The darkness whispers— "Come home..." (Verse 2) The handle glowed beneath my hand Like fire I could understand It knew the places I had bled The things I'd buried with the dead Its heartbeat echoed into mine Pulling through the cracks of time Every fear began to fade Every lie I'd ever made (Pre-Chorus) I can't go back... I don't belong... The hallway stretches far too long (Chorus) There's a door that opens only once One last breath before it's gone Every memory left behind Falling slowly out of time If I run I'll never live If I stay There's nothing left to give The darkness whispers— "Come home..." (Bridge – Whispered) (whispered over eerie drones) You were never lost... Only sleeping... I have waited... Every lifetime... Every shadow... For... You... (Breakdown) The latch... Breaks... The silence... Breathes... No more name No more face No more life To retrace The dark... Knows... Me... (Final Chorus – Bigger) There's a door that opens only once I crossed before the moment came Every version died behind Every fear untied When the darkness called my soul I finally became whole There's no hallway anymore... Only the place... That waited... Before I was born... (Outro – Barely Whispered) It wasn't the monster... It wasn't the door... It was me... Waiting... In the dark...