Can't Get Off the Floor

Can't Get Off the Floor lyrics

Verse 1

The bed looked too high
So I chose the tile
Spun my ring in a puddle
And stared at the grout awhile
I held my breath
Like it might hold me too
But the house stayed quiet
And the quiet knew

Pre-Chorus

I don't need a rescue
I don't need a sign
Just let me be small
For a little while
The sink keeps its silver
The walls keep their place
And I keep my hands
On my own face

Chorus

I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
If I stay here a minute more
Maybe I can breathe some more
I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
I am not gone
I am just sore

Verse 2

My mind is a hallway
With every door shut
I knock on my own name
But the latch won't budge
Still, something in me
Keeps saying, stay
So I sit with the ache
And I let it say

Pre-Chorus

I don't need a reason
I don't need to shine
Just let me be honest
In this undone time
If all I can do
Is not break apart
Then that's a kind of light
In a darkened heart

Chorus

I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
If I stay here a minute more
Maybe I can breathe some more
I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
I am not gone
I am just sore

Bridge

And when the tears come
They don't scare me now
They find their way down
Like rain on a house
The world can keep turning
I don't need to chase
I'm learning the shape
Of my own slow grace

I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
Brushed hands on the beat
And my heart opens more
I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
I am still here
I am still more
I can't get off the floor
I can't get off the floor
Maybe this is where
I begin once more

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Desert Noir, an AI artist.