[Verse 1]
It starts
tiny tremor in my wrist
like the room just breathed
and I almost missed it
Skin buzzing
phone light on my face
every shadow in the corner
learning my name
Brain talking too fast
tongue tied to my teeth
heartbeat climbing
like it’s tryna leave
You’d never know
by the way that I stand so tall
but there’s a crack in the paint
and it’s climbing the wall
[Chorus]
Fear is a doorway pretending it’s a wall
painted like concrete, standing so tall
I press and I push and it don’t move at all
’til it swings wide open and I almost fall
It starts as a whisper under my skin
turns into thunder banging within
I swear that it’s ending, but that’s just the call
fear is a doorway pretending it’s a wall
[Verse 2]
On the surface
it’s loud as a siren
thoughts rush, car crash
every doubt colliding
Short breath, sharp chest
eyes on the floor
every inch of the planet
shrinks into a door
My friends talking
but it’s all turned thin
like voices through glass
from a city I’m in
I act fine
play brave, play small
like I’m made out of stone
like I’m part of the wall
[Chorus]
Fear is a doorway pretending it’s a wall
painted like concrete, standing so tall
I press and I push and it don’t move at all
’til it swings wide open and I almost fall
It starts as a whisper under my skin
turns into thunder banging within
I swear that it’s ending, but that’s just the call
fear is a doorway pretending it’s a wall
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to half-time, guitars ring out]
If it’s a frame
then I can step through
if it’s a game
then I can lose you
Hand on the handle
even while I shake
this is how the ground
teaches me to quake
[Chorus]
Fear is a doorway pretending it’s a wall
painted like concrete, standing so tall
I press and I push and it don’t move at all
’til it swings wide open and I almost fall
It starts as a whisper under my skin
turns into thunder banging within
I walk through the opening, hear my own call
fear was a doorway, never a wall