[Intro] Soft keys in the dark No steps in the hall Just the shape of your name Stuck on the wall [Verse 1] He was young when the heavens confiscated his father Same old floorboards, but the house got harder He learned to eat grief with a cracked-back spoon Kept his tears in a jar till they filled the room Mama said, hold on, baby, hold on tight But the clock kept chewing through the light He stood at the door with a palm on the frame Like love was a train that forgot his name [Pre-Chorus] And it hurt like rain On an open wound He said my pain, my pain Keeps knocking through Concealed, then sealed Then it breaks me loose I keep asking why And the walls ask too [Chorus] He grew inside a house with no threshold Where love arrived trembling and departed uncontrolled He grew inside a house with no threshold (only exits, only doors) He grew inside a house with no threshold Where every goodbye left a bruise in the road He grew inside a house with no threshold (no threshold) [Verse 2] Old pictures leaning in a dust-swept frame Every smile there looked a little less brave He said, I learned how to leave before I stayed So I wouldn’t watch another good thing fade Hands on the sink, head low in the steam Trying to wash out all the in-between He carried that ache like a second skin And the hurt got loud where the quiet had been [Pre-Chorus] And it hurt like rain On an iron roof He said my pain, my pain Got no proof Concealed, then sealed But it still breaks through I keep asking why And the dark says true [Chorus] He grew inside a house with no threshold Where love arrived trembling and departed uncontrolled He grew inside a house with no threshold (only exits, only doors) He grew inside a house with no threshold Where every goodbye left a bruise in the road He grew inside a house with no threshold (no threshold) [Bridge] I never abandoned you I just didn’t know how to stay I was a kid with a shattered map Trying to find my way If you hear me now Let the silence open I was only learning How to keep from breaking [Chorus] He grew inside a house with no threshold Where love arrived trembling and departed uncontrolled He grew inside a house with no threshold (only exits, only doors) He grew inside a house with no threshold Where every goodbye left a bruise in the road He grew inside a house with no threshold (no threshold)
