I see the roofline holding where I left it No verdict in the brick, no debt inside the timber I loaded every beam with what I couldn't answer Made an address take the blame for every winter I called it shelter when I needed an excuse Called it a witness when I needed proof But wood never promised me a permanent shape I gave these walls a name they never had to take It doesn't have to keep me It doesn't have to know Everything I made it mean Is mine to carry or let go You were a place, not a promise I broke A frame around a life, never the life that I owed I can thank what held me without needing to stay I loosen my name from the nails in the wood The house can let go The shape in the distance doesn't ask for forgiveness It stands without my fear turning stone into scripture No enemy behind me, no altar in the view Just years that did their work and a story passing through I don't need the ending drawn in permanent lines I don't need a number on the rest of my life Let the rafters be rafters, let the old boards grow cold I can honor what happened without doing what I'm told It doesn't have to keep me I don't need it to know What I was beneath that roof Can move with me and grow You were a place, not a promise I broke A frame around a life, never the life that I owed I can grieve what is gone without owing it more I take back my name from the nails in the wood The house can let go I MADE A HOME CARRY ALL OF MY FEAR! It never asked to become my answer I made my past hold the rest of my years Now the fast groove returns and I leave it no burden YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD ME! Same sky over the roof and me Same blue distance, different gravity No next address has to make me whole I can live in the motion and still have a soul You were a place, and the promise can change A frame around a life that can outgrow the frame Under one open sky, I don't need to be known I carry my name with no claim on the road The house can let go No blame in the distance No debt in the road What held me can rest now The house can let go
