[Verse 1]
I packed my life in a grocery sack
Left his keys on the table
He said I’d never make it back
Now I’m wide awake and unable
No mother calls, no friend to meet
Just a phone with a dead screen
I keep my face in the mirror
Like I’m trying not to be seen
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk the block
Past broken glass
Past every place
He called me less
My hands won’t stop
My breath is thin
If I turn around
He lives again
[Chorus]
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
I got no home
I got no name
Just this hurt
And a mouth of rain
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
[Verse 2]
The bus runs late, the church is shut
The corner store looks through me
I count the coins in my pocket
Like they’re mercy, like they’re Louis
He taught me fear with a soft voice
Taught me silence like prayer
Now every room feels borrowed
And nobody’s there
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear my heel
On cracked stone roads
I hear the night
In my bones
If there’s a door
I’ll find the seam
If there’s a hand
It’s got to be
[Chorus]
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
I got no home
I got no name
Just this hurt
And a mouth of rain
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
[Bridge]
I knelt where the weeds grow high
On the edge of all that’s gone
Spoke to the quiet dead
Like they knew my broken song
“Tell me how to leave it”
“Tell me how to stand”
The cold wind moved the branches
Like a blessing in my hands
[Final Chorus]
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
I got no home
I got no name
But I’m still here
With a flicker of flame
Take me in
Take me in
Pale at the gate
Take me in
Take me in
Take me in
I’m not done
I’m not done