[Verse 1] I keep a place in my mind with a door on each side No keys to collect, no fence in the yard You’d bring your hard days, I’d set out the heat There’d be room at the table for everyone I keep [Pre-Chorus] But every hand draws a line in the dust Says, “If you’re mine, then you can’t be theirs” I can’t make a shelter out of that kind of trust Still I picture us there [Chorus] If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near No one would be owned, no one asked to choose We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules So I dream us together—and wake to the walls [Verse 2] I know your laugh from the way it breaks loose Know when you go quiet, what not to ask I want all your seasons, not a deed to your name Not a promise that makes somebody else pay [Pre-Chorus] Still every hand draws a line in the dust Says, “If you’re mine, then you can’t be theirs” I can’t make a shelter out of that kind of trust Still I picture us there [Chorus] If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near No one would be owned, no one asked to choose We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules So I dream us together—and wake to the walls [Bridge] Maybe the rooms would be small Maybe the roof would need mending But nobody’s name on the door Would mean the welcome was ending [Final Chorus] If I could build a home for everyone I hold dear I’d give you all my warmth, keep every one near No one would be owned, no one asked to choose We’d share the same roof, with nothing to lose But love keeps its papers, its borders, its rules So I dream us together—and wake to the walls [Outro] I dream us together And wake to the walls
