Guest Inside My Own Life (Indie-Folk Ballad)

[Verse 1] I keep my coat on in the meeting room Like I might leave before they learn my name A borrowed laugh, a careful afternoon I nod along and hope I look the same [Pre-Chorus] Every compliment becomes a test Every open door feels like a guess [Chorus] Maybe I’m a guest inside my own life Holding my breath beneath the welcome sign If you can see the seams, then so can I Still, you pull a chair and say, “Stay awhile” I don’t know why you make a place for me But I’m trying to believe what you can see [Verse 2] I saved the first draft folded in a drawer The one with all the lines I couldn’t save I read it back and hear a borrowed voice Then find one honest sentence underneath [Pre-Chorus] I’ve worn doubt like a second skin Called it proof I shouldn’t have walked in [Chorus] Maybe I’m a guest inside my own life Holding my breath beneath the welcome sign If you can see the seams, then so can I Still, you pull a chair and say, “Stay awhile” I don’t know why you make a place for me But I’m trying to believe what you can see [Bridge] What if belonging isn’t something earned What if it begins the moment I return Not polished, not certain, not brave Just here with the little I have made [Final Chorus] Maybe I’m a guest inside my own life But tonight I’ll leave the door unlocked behind If you can see the seams, then so can I Let them show beneath the borrowed lines I don’t know when this room became my own I only know I’m not afraid to stay alone [Outro] I keep my coat beside the open door And let the quiet ask me for no more