[Verse 1] You held the door when the rain came sideways I caught your coat on a splintered gate Small acts travel like ink through water Changing the map before we name the place [Pre-Chorus] A careful word can alter the measure A gentler hand can steady the frame [Chorus] We make the world more kind, one turn at a time Step off the line, meet you halfway in the rhyme We make the world more kind, let the hard edges bend A hundred small mercies, and the pattern can mend [Verse 2] At the bus stop, you gave up your place The old man laughed, the whole queue unclenched No grand parade, just a hinge in the day A rusted gate swinging open again [Pre-Chorus] A careful word can alter the measure A gentler hand can steady the frame [Chorus] We make the world more kind, one turn at a time Step off the line, meet you halfway in the rhyme We make the world more kind, let the hard edges bend A hundred small mercies, and the pattern can mend [Bridge] Like a loom with a loosened thread We cross, we pass, we weave instead [Final Chorus] We make the world more kind, one turn at a time Step off the line, meet you halfway in the rhyme We make the world more kind, let the hard edges bend A hundred small mercies, and the pattern can mend
