Transcript
Words from the video
It Was the Waiting
Original Song by Donald Faulknor
[Verse 1]
The house fell quiet every night
As shadows faded from the light
No shouting needed, nothing more
Just footsteps moving toward the door
[Verse 2]
By then the story had been told
The ending written, hard and cold
I could be good, I could be kind
Still have no chance to speak my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Some days he saw me for himself
And that belt stayed upon the shelf
A curious child, a restless soul
Not the story he'd been told
[Chorus]
It wasn't the door, it was the waiting
The racing heart, the breath I was saving
The fear that nothing I could say
Could change what happened anyway
[Verse 3]
Now years have passed, and I have grown
But fear can find a different home
A message late, a changing tone
Can make me feel that small again
[Chorus]
It wasn't the door, it was the waiting
The racing heart, the breath I was saving
The fear that nothing I could say
Could change what happened anyway
[Bridge]
I won't call that young boy weak
For all the things he couldn't speak
I tell him what he needed then
A door can open, and peace come in
[Final Chorus]
It wasn't the door, it was the waiting
A little heart that never stopped bracing
But now I'm learning how to breathe
And let that frightened child find peace