I feel safe for a moment
Door chain bite and the deadbolt
hold it I heard the thunder
grinding Like a train on a
bridge in the distance Folding with
the moment For my shoulders to
drop, for my jaw to unclench
No dent,
no bruise Just a clean little
silence in my chest Chill in
my bones But it feels like
a warning dressed up soft I
keep my eyes on the window
Where the dark keeps tapping its
knuckle off My whole frame locked
Then loose for a second,
then back to steel I been
through enough of the hard nights
To know a calm can still
feel unreal
Hold that breath,
don’t let it slip away Sky
keeps talking,
I’m still here today Safe for
a moment
Safe for a moment
I feel safe for a moment
Then it slips off slow
Thunder grinding
Thunder grinding
I heard the thunder grinding Right
through my bones
No dent in the hood Just
rain lines streaking the fence outside
I seen hard hands shake When
the whole world leaned to one
side And I know this calm
can turn fast When the pressure
climbs So I count my heartbeats
Like coins in a pocket,
one at a time Chill in
my bones And it won’t crank,
it won’t start the race But
I stay ready for the next
hard knock at the gate I
been built on surviving On a
stare down,
on a lock and key Still
that moment of peace Hit me
harder than the storm hit me
Hold that breath,
don’t let it slip away Sky
keeps talking,
I’m still here today Safe for
a moment
Safe for a moment
I feel safe for a moment
Then it slips off slow
Thunder grinding
Thunder grinding
I heard the thunder grinding Right
through my bones
If the night comes back I
won’t fold that quick I can
hear the warning In the way
the floorboards click For one clean
second I was lighter than fear
Then the dark moved closer And
I found my spine right here
Safe for a moment
Safe for a moment I feel
safe for a moment
Then it slips off slow
Thunder grinding
Thunder grinding
I heard the thunder grinding Right
through my bones