Intro
Summer rain on an old road
Green fields under grey
I’m crossing into your world
And I’m learning how to stay
Verse 1
Bag packed light but my chest weighs more
One more flight, one more open door
Not just a trip, not just a place
It’s your bloodline, your roots, your name
I’ve seen storms, I’ve seen walls
I’ve seen love turn cold in halls
So I don’t trust peace when it looks at me
Like something I was meant to keep
But there’s Dublin on the horizon
And your hand still holding mine
I’m trying not to ruin the moment
By reading fear between the lines
Pre-Chorus
This is more than summer
More than streets and rain
I’m stepping into family
And I don’t know if I know the way
Chorus
In the house in Dublin
Under summer rain
I might find a piece of me
I thought I’d never claim
At the table, by the fire
With the ghosts laid down
I’m scared to call it family
But I’m not running now
In the house in Dublin
Where the old lights breathe
Maybe home is not a place I lost
Maybe it’s a door left open for me
Verse 2
And your mother’s there with knowing eyes
Like she can hear what I keep inside
First real test, first real flame
Will I be welcome, will I feel strange?
I’ve worn armour in every room
Made jokes to hide the bruise
But what if kindness cuts me deeper
Than all the wars I’ve been through?
Because I know how to stand in chaos
I know how to survive the noise
But I don’t know how to sit at dinner
And feel like I was given a choice
Pre-Chorus
So I breathe before the doorway
Try to quiet all my doubt
You look back like “come with me”
And I don’t turn around
Chorus
In the house in Dublin
Under summer rain
I might find a piece of me
I thought I’d never claim
At the table, by the fire
With the ghosts laid down
I’m scared to call it family
But I’m not running now
In the house in Dublin
Where the old lights breathe
Maybe home is not a place I lost
Maybe it’s a door left open for me
Bridge
If the walls are warm
If the voices stay kind
If I don’t have to disappear
To make it through the night
If there’s room for the broken
If there’s grace in the air
I’ll leave my fear at the threshold
And try to meet you there
Breakdown
I’m not used to this
Not used to calm
Not used to hands
That mean no harm
Not used to being
Seen and still kept
Not used to love
Without a debt
But I’ll walk in
I’ll stand there true
Not as a ghost
Passing through
No old escape
No running blind
Just your world opening
One door at a time
Final Chorus
In the house in Dublin
Under summer rain
I might find a piece of me
I thought I’d never claim
At the table, by the fire
With the ghosts laid down
I’m scared to call it family
But I’m not running now
In the house in Dublin
Where the old lights breathe
Maybe home is not a place I lost
Maybe it’s a door left open for me
In the house in Dublin
If they make some room
I’ll bring the man I’m becoming
And the heart that chose you
Outro
Summer rain on an old road
Green fields under grey
I’m crossing into your world
And I’m learning how to stay