06 Teach Me Your Sky Dad I brought you rooms full of answers Before I knew what questions cost I watched the clock, I watched your hands Afraid one moment could be lost I called it helping when I hurried Called it hope when I couldn't wait I kept reaching for a doorway While you were standing in the room So I won't ask you for the proof now I won't pull the meaning through You don't have to cross the distance I'll learn where to wait with you Teach me your sky Where the light is soft or heavy Where I come too close too quickly Where I wait and let you choose Teach me your sky I don't need to know each reason I can leave the answer open I can learn the way from you Daughter Wait Again Softer Stop Stay Dad I thought if I could name the trouble I could keep it from the door Every silence felt like danger So I kept asking you for more But knowing isn't always shelter And love can't make your choices mine If you tell me stop, I'll stop there If you need the room, there's time I can stay without pretending I know what every silence means I can listen without reaching For an answer in between Teach me your sky Where the bright becomes too heavy Where the words arrive too quickly Where the quiet needs its room Teach me your sky I can listen without naming I can leave the answer open I can wait here next to you Daughter Wait Again Softer Stay Dad We keep the part they throw away We let it come around again We don't decide what it must mean Before we learn the way it bends You set the pace, you choose the moment You stop the room when it is full No signal gets to outrank you No answer gets to take control Daughter Open Slow Again Stay Dad Then I will keep the channel open Long enough for shape to show Maybe far away they're answering In forms we still don't know I won't call the silence empty I won't make the unknown small If we cannot make it certain We can keep from calling it gone Daughter Wait Dad I wait Daughter Again Dad Again Daughter Softer Dad Softer Daughter Stop Dad I stop Daughter Stay Dad I stay Teach me your sky I don't need the whole horizon Show me where the distance changes I will learn it at your pace Teach me your sky I can listen without claiming I know what every silence means I can stay and let you choose Teach me your sky Teach me your sky I can leave the answer open Teach me your sky Daughter Stay Again
