Welcome Doorway

[Verse 1] You wrote it on my heart Way before I learned to pray Not a line of fine print Not a list of who to stay away from I see the signs we hang “Welcome” written on the door But we whisper little add-ons In the hallways of our doubts [Chorus] You said love them Every neighbor, every name You made no footnote For the ones we like to blame You didn’t carve out All the souls we love to shame You just said love them You just said love them anyway [Verse 2] It’s easy when they look Like the mirror in my room Harder when their story Doesn’t fit the one I knew But grace is not a coupon That expires when I’m scared If You didn’t write exceptions Who am I to put them there? [Chorus] You said love them Every neighbor, every name You made no footnote For the ones we like to blame You didn’t carve out All the souls we love to shame You just said love them You just said love them anyway [Bridge] Lazy Broken Queer and undocumented All the labels that we weaponize You never mentioned You just called them neighbor You just called them friend Said the measure of my heart Is how I hold them in the end [Chorus] You said love them Every neighbor, every name You made no footnote For the ones we like to blame You didn’t carve out All the souls we love to shame You just said love them You just said love them anyway (yeah, love them anyway)