[Verse 1] I framed a little room for you With blue tile saved from the kitchen floor A lamp that leans, a shelf of books A key that fits your hand and nothing more [Pre-Chorus] Then someone came in out of weather I moved the chairs and made more space The hallway learned another doorway The house kept changing shape [Chorus] I build you a room, I build you a room With a window cut to fit your view Every heart I carry gets a place to bloom But I keep walking past the room I meant for me I build you a room, I build you a room And the walls keep growing, warm and wide If I leave one door unlocked for me Will I know which one is mine? [Verse 2] Your coat hangs by the stairwell now Your laughter gathers in the dining room I know the creak beneath your step The quiet corners where you come to lose the gloom [Pre-Chorus] I draw a line around a small patch Then hear your name beyond the wall I make the opening a little wider And lose my place again in it all [Chorus] I build you a room, I build you a room With a window cut to fit your view Every heart I carry gets a place to bloom But I keep walking past the room I meant for me I build you a room, I build you a room And the walls keep growing, warm and wide If I leave one door unlocked for me Will I know which one is mine? [Bridge] Maybe mine is not a room with a lock Maybe mine is the pause before I answer A square of floor with nothing on it A breath that doesn’t have to hold another [Final Chorus] I built you a room, I built you a room Now I’m setting down the keys awhile Every heart I carry has a place to bloom And I’ll stay here long enough to feel my own I built you a room, I built you a room There is space beneath the open sky I leave one door unlocked for me And step inside [Outro] The house can wait I’m home inside
