[Verse 1]
I keep a small room behind my ribs
Where the kettle hums and the old clock ticks
No suitcase packed, no key to turn
Just a place that knows the shape I’ve learned
[Pre-Chorus]
When the day comes asking too much
I put my hand where the warm blood rushes
[Chorus]
My safe place is my heart
There’s a chair with my name in it
When the whole world pulls apart
I can still find home within it
No fence, no walls, no borrowed start
I carry shelter in the dark
My safe place, my truest part
I come back to my heart
[Verse 2]
I’ve got old apologies folded neat
And a photograph tucked beneath the beat
Some days the floor feels hard and strange
But I sweep the dust and make room for change
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need permission to breathe
There’s a steady voice underneath me
[Chorus]
My safe place is my heart
There’s a chair with my name in it
When the whole world pulls apart
I can still find home within it
No fence, no walls, no borrowed start
I carry shelter in the dark
My safe place, my truest part
I come back to my heart
[Bridge]
If I lose my way past the county line
If I wear a brave face and call it fine
I’ll press my palm to this beating door
And hear myself say, “You’ve survived before”
[Final Chorus]
My safe place is my heart
There’s a chair with my name in it
Even when the whole world pulls apart
I am still here, still living in it
No fence, no walls, no borrowed start
I carry shelter in the dark
My safe place, my truest part
I come back to my heart
[Outro]
I come back gently
I come back whole
My heart keeps a room
For my returning soul