[Intro] They put a lid on the paper box Said, “That’s enough for you.” But underneath, a whole sea turned And the blue came breaking through. [Verse 1] You kept a kingdom in the margins Of the worksheet on your desk A paper moon above the kitchen A small fox in a red vest They called your questions impractical Your daydreams wasted time So you hid whole continents Between the ruled and measured lines [Pre-Chorus] But a seed keeps its instructions In the dark beneath the stone And the picture you keep tending Is a place that’s yours alone [Chorus] Keep the door inside you open Keep a room they can’t rename Let the impossible take root there Let it grow beyond their frame When the world says, “Be less wonder,” When it sands your edges down Guard the bright and unruly garden That you carry through this town [Verse 2] You draw a staircase up the raincloud Give the sparrow boots of gold You make a map for every feeling That you never could be told They’ll ask what good a dream can do you As if hope were just a toy But every kinder thing we live in Started first as someone’s joy [Pre-Chorus] They can stack their neat instructions They can narrow every lane Still your mind can make a passage Through a wall they call your name [Chorus] Keep the door inside you open Keep a room they can’t rename Let the impossible take root there Let it grow beyond their frame When the world says, “Be less wonder,” When it sands your edges down Guard the bright and unruly garden That you carry through this town [Bridge] When you’re tired, make one small thing A crooked boat, a painted stone Give the lonely thing a language Give the lost a place called home No one else can tend it for you No one else can see it whole You are not too old for marvels You are not too much of a soul [Final Chorus] Keep the door inside you open Let the whole wild garden climb Give the impossible your daylight Give the half-made dream its time When the world says, “Be less wonder,” Let your answer take its shape Every future once was hidden In a mind they couldn’t tame [Outro] A room they can’t rename A seed beneath the stone Keep the door inside you open Keep that garden growing on
