Lay Your Armor Down

Verse 1 I have never chased the thunder Never gathered broken skies. I was only keeping gardens Where the quiet learns to rise. Every season leaves a feather, Every winter melts away. Even shadows lose their hunger When they're welcomed into day. Pre-Chorus I won't ask the river where it's been, Or count the storms beneath its skin. Some hearts arrive without a name, Still I leave the window open. Chorus If you lay your armor down, Nothing here will make it rust. I won't steal the weight you carry, I will simply hold the dusk. Every flower blooms in silence, Never begging to be seen. If you find a place to breathe, Let it be somewhere between. Verse 2 There are forests made of whispers, There are oceans built from stone. There are hands that learned to conquer, Never learning to come home. I won't follow every footprint, I won't ask what shaped your flame. Even fire remembers starlight Long before it found its name. Bridge Love was never built from rescue. Mercy isn't closing scars. Sometimes all the sky can offer Is enough unbroken stars. So if morning finds you waiting Where the night refused to end, I'll be standing like the shoreline— Not to keep you... Just to let you land. Final Chorus Lay your armor in the meadow, Leave the echoes where they fall. Nothing living asks for perfect, Nothing blooming fears the thaw. When the silence learns your breathing, When the winter learns the sea, You will know the open doorway Was never waiting... It was simply meant to be.