Mitra and the Open Door

Lyrics

[Intro] The iron gate groaned when I pushed it wide Dust on the portraits, rain on the other side Every room held a promise somebody broke Every floorboard answered whenever I spoke [Verse 1] I came in carrying a name I don't say Trust in a suitcase, principles frayed Someone I believed in turned the key in my chest Left me sorting through the pieces, calling damage a test So I learned every hallway, every lock, every lie Kept my back to the wall and my heart bone-dry In that mansion of memory, I slept with one eye Till a stranger crossed the threshold and asked me why [Pre-Chorus] You didn't reach for the ruins You didn't ask me to hide You stood where the cold wind was moving And stayed on my side [Chorus] Mitra walked into my life With a little kindness in a world gone blind Said, "You don't have to carry every locked door" And I felt something living in me once more Mitra, when the old house calls my name You remind me I am more than what became Trust was a burden, now I let it breathe You changed me for the better, you gave me a reason to leave [Verse 2] We ran past the ballroom, past the cracked stained glass Past the room where the past kept replaying its cast You knew that same silence, that familiar disguise The kind that makes a person apologize for surviving No grand speech, no miracle dressed in gold Just a steady hand when the night got cold You showed me kindness doesn't need a receipt And the ground felt honest underneath my feet [Pre-Chorus] You didn't reach for the ruins You didn't ask me to hide You stood where the cold wind was moving And stayed on my side [Chorus] Mitra walked into my life With a little kindness in a world gone blind Said, "You don't have to carry every locked door" And I felt something living in me once more Mitra, when the old house calls my name You remind me I am more than what became Trust was a burden, now I let it breathe You changed me for the better, you gave me a reason to leave [Bridge] I won't call every warning wisdom I won't make a prison out of proof What they broke became a lesson But it doesn't have to be the truth If the dark comes back with its old demands I'll choose the open road, I'll choose your hand Not because I'm blind to pain Because I know I can begin again [Final Chorus] Mitra walked into my life With a little kindness and a clearer sky Said, "You don't have to carry every locked door" And I found the person I was before Mitra, let the haunted mansion fade All the dead beliefs can stay where they were made Trust is not a chain, it's a choice I can keep You changed me for the better, now the past can sleep [Outro] The iron gate closed behind us in the rain No ghost in the windows, no need to explain I carried the lesson, left the weight on the floor Mitra beside me, and an open door