Stone Door Prayer

I packed my shame in a paper bag

Left that house with a split lip laugh

You took my name like a loan unpaid

So I walked out through the broken gate

No more hands on my shoulder now

No more sweet talk, no sacred vow

I learned too fast what a smile can hide

So I shut that door and I draw the line

I hear your ghost in the hallway

I hear it call, but I won’t stay

Too many cuts from a trusted hand

Now I keep my heart in the desert sand

Stone door, shut tight

I won’t let you in tonight

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again

Stone door, shut tight

I chose the dark to save my life

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again

Now I live where the rooms stay bare

One cup, one plate, one folding chair

I know the roads, but I do not roam

I built my peace from a locked-up home

Neighbors wave and I nod and pass

But I keep my truth behind the glass

You can call me cold, call me gone

I’m still alive, I’m just holding on

I hear your ghost in the hallway

I hear it call, but I won’t stay

Too many cuts from a trusted hand

Now I keep my heart in the desert sand

Stone door, shut tight

I won’t let you in tonight

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again

Stone door, shut tight

I chose the dark to save my life

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again

If love is a fire, I watched it burn

Hands in the ash, lesson learned

I pray for peace, I pray for calm

But I keep my distance like a psalm

Ooh, I can hear that old choir rise

Ooh, but I’m not fooled by kind eyes

Ooh, I made a vow in the dust and rain

No more chains, no more chains

Stone door, shut tight

I won’t let you in tonight

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again

Stone door, shut tight

I chose the dark to save my life

Stone door, shut tight

I may never trust again