[Verse 1] I fell asleep with the window cracked And a paper moon on the bedroom wall Somewhere beneath the mattress springs A second country heard my call I walked through fields of silver wheat Where every stalk knew my old name A river carried the words I lost And brought them back without the blame [Pre-Chorus] There were doors in the clouds There were stairs in the sea Every impossible place Made room for me [Chorus] Let the strange world open Let it pull me through I can set down the burden I kept mistaking for truth When the dark turns generous And the sleeping heart knows I come back with a wider chest And a road where the hurt used to close [Verse 2] I met a child with my tired eyes She held a match beneath the rain She said, You don't have to earn the dawn You don't have to explain your pain We built a house from borrowed doors Hung blue bells along the stairs The roof was made of breathing birds And nothing broke when I left my cares [Pre-Chorus] There were hands in the walls There was warmth in the stone Every impossible place Taught me I'm home [Chorus] Let the strange world open Let it pull me through I can set down the burden I kept mistaking for truth When the dark turns generous And the sleeping heart knows I come back with a wider chest And a road where the hurt used to close [Bridge] If I vanish, let me wander Past the maps I used to guard Let the dream undo the armor Let the soft become the hard I have carried every question Like a suitcase full of rain Now the sky unzips above me And I breathe without the chain [Final Chorus] Let the strange world open Let it pull me through I can set down the burden And return as something new When the dark turns generous And the sleeping heart knows I come back with a wider chest With a living fire under the bones [Outro] Keep the window cracked Keep the paper moon If I sleep, I’m not disappearing I’m making room
