I stayed longer than I should’ve Calling loyalty what was fear Kept shrinking my own reflection So the room would keep me near I kept hoping you’d feel it too That pull toward something more But I realised one quiet night I couldn’t wait anymore I didn’t leave in anger Didn’t kick or curse the past I just stopped pretending That room was built to last I found the door first, that’s all Didn’t mean I won, didn’t mean you’d fall I just felt the air change on my skin And chose not to stay where I’d been The door stayed open, I swear it did I didn’t lock it, I just stepped in If you ever wonder where I went I found the door first, that’s it Leaving survival feels like betrayal To people still holding the line They call it selfish, call it running When you finally choose your spine I didn’t stop loving the people here I stopped loving being small You don’t owe a burning house Your body in the fall I won’t drag you through the doorway Won’t beg you to believe Some lessons can’t be taught They’re something you have to see I found the door first, not the end Not the answer, not a trend Just a moment where I knew I had to choose what was true No speeches, no goodbye fights Just one clear step into light The door stayed open, still does now I just couldn’t stand in it somehow This isn’t me abandoning you This is me refusing to disappear If you ever want to walk this way You’ll know the door is here I found the door first, that’s all Didn’t build it, didn’t name the wall I just listened when my chest said “go And trusted something I didn’t know I’m not ahead, I’m not above I just chose growth instead of enough If you’re still searching, don’t feel cursed I found the door first. It wasn’t locked I just stopped pretending it was
