[Verse 1] You stayed beside me in the clinic hall While the vending machine ate my last coin You found a joke in the humming lights And waited till I could speak [Pre-Chorus] You didn't rush to fix the hurt You let the whole account be heard A chair pulled close, a patient hand Can make a stranger understand [Chorus] Kindness is a door left open Empathy, a place to land Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing It means I loosen my clenched hand We can name the harm and still choose What we carry from this day A little room for one another Can change the way we walk away [Verse 2] I said the thing that cut too deep You took a breath and told me why I didn't dress it up as anger I let the apology arrive [Pre-Chorus] No clean erase, no easy claim I heard the weight behind your name We took it slowly, spoke it plain And made a path through what remained [Chorus] Kindness is a door left open Empathy, a place to land Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing It means I loosen my clenched hand We can name the harm and still choose What we carry from this day A little room for one another Can change the way we walk away [Bridge] The soup went cold between us The truth was hard to say You kept your coat there on the chair I didn't turn away [Final Chorus] Kindness is a door left open Empathy, a place to land Forgiveness doesn't make it nothing It means I loosen my clenched hand We can name the harm and still choose What we carry from this day A little room for one another Can change the way we walk away [Outro] Leave a chair beside the table Leave the truth where both can see Make a little room for healing Make a little room for me
