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Houses of light
Alone New Yorker
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I walk the hill above the station
Shoes still wet from yesterday
Houses breathing in the darkness
Little worlds along the way
Golden squares in painted concrete
Moving shadows on the wall
Every window holds a secret
Every light a quiet call
Somewhere someone's boiling water
Someone's laughing in their sleep
Somewhere someone holds a letter
That they're too afraid to keep
These are houses of light
Lanterns stitched into the night
I don't know their names
But I feel their lives
Through the glass and the blinds
These are houses of light
And I'm just passing by
With a borrowed sky
Carrying my mountains inside
On a balcony, a young boy
Traces airplanes with his hand
In a kitchen, tired shoulders
Wash the same plate once again
In an attic, someone's painting
Snowy peaks they've never seen
And a song leaks through a doorway
Soft and cracked and almost clean
Somewhere someone folds a suitcase
Somewhere tears are running slow
Somewhere someone lights a candle
For a name they'll never know
These are houses of light
Lanterns stitched into the night
I don't know their names
But I feel their lives
Through the glass and the blinds
These are houses of light
And I'm just passing by
With a borrowed sky
Carrying my mountains inside
If they looked out they'd just see me
Silhouette against the rain
But my heart is at their table
Sharing every small refrain
From the valleys where I started
To this hill above the tracks
Every window is a compass
Pointing home and pulling back
These are houses of light
Tiny prayers against the night
I don't know their names
But they warm the cold
On this far, forgotten road
These are houses of light
And I'm walking slow
With the town below
Carrying my mountains inside
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