The wind cuts hard across the avenue
One tired lamp keeps watch above the blue
My collar's up my hands are stone
I pass lit windows one by one
A table set a hallway warm
A hundred lives behind each door
I count my steps against the cold
And bite the words I never told
No window calls my name tonight
No hand reaches through the light
But every mile I walk alone
Turns this frozen blood to iron
Let it burn let it break let it thunder in my chest
I have carried every silence I have swallowed every test
You can keep your golden windows keep your welcome locked away
I am done asking the dark to make a place for me to stay
Let it burn let it break—I'm still standing in the gale
The corner store pulls down its gate
A bus rolls past already late
My shadow stretches splits in two
Then slips beneath the avenue
I used to think a light meant home
Now I know how far I can go
No window calls my name tonight
No hand reaches through the light
But every mile I walk alone
Turns this frozen blood to iron
Let it burn let it break let it thunder in my chest
I have carried every silence I have swallowed every test
You can keep your golden windows keep your welcome locked away
I am done asking the dark to make a place for me to stay
Let it burn let it break—I'm still standing in the gale
I won't kneel to an empty street
I won't make my hurt look sweet
All that anger all that ache
Is a door I get to break
Let it burn let it break let it thunder in my chest
I have carried every silence I have outlasted every test
You can keep your golden windows keep your welcome locked away
I am done asking the dark to make a place for me to stay
Let it burn let it break—hear me cutting through the gale
Let it burn let it break—I am more than what you failed
The last chord falls the road goes still
The wind keeps moving past the hill
