[Verse 1] There is a thread in my ribs Tied to an age I never lived Your shadow moves in my mirror Mouthing my name Almost clear I drink from a cup of echoes Warm as a fire that never burned Ash on my tongue Your gesture A memory I never learned [Chorus] You are the door between the whispers Swinging inside my blood I step through glass Through gathered faces All of them ours at once I know your eyes from other winters From ember From flood From fall We are the question inside the silence Calling ourselves through it all [Verse 2] Your outline leans in the hallway Carved in the dust of each year Hands full of half-lit stories Turning my fear into clear I follow a thread through the rafters Up where the ceiling forgets Every loop Every gentle tangle Spells out your unseen address [Chorus] You are the door between the whispers Swinging inside my blood I step through glass Through gathered faces All of them ours at once I know your eyes from other winters From ember From flood From fall We are the question inside the silence Calling ourselves through it all [Bridge] [Music thins; breath-close vocal] Under the words is a chamber Under the chamber Flame Under the flame A first remembering Older than any name In every mirror A passage In every passage A vow I touch the quiet between heartbeats And feel you burning now [Chorus] You are the door between the whispers Opening wide So wide I cross the line of the fading ages Step into you Inside I know your eyes from other winters From ember From flood From fall We are the fire behind the memory The same bright thread through it all (through it all)
