Everything to Me

I came in from the cold not knowing if I'd belong
Half sure that when you saw my face, you'd tell me I was wrong
But you just said "there you are," like it was nothing new
Like everything it took to come was nothing at all to you

You didn't turn away, you didn't make me explain
You just smiled and said "come right in"
You had a place already set for me
You'll never know what it meant
It was nothing to you
But it was everything to me

There was a table once where I learned to disappear
Where love came with a measure, and I paid to keep it near
So I came to yours still bracing, sure I'd have to earn my chair
But you'd already set a place — like it was always there

You called me by the name I chose like you had always known
You never once went reaching for the one I'd outgrown
You learned the words for who I am, and you barely missed at all
And when you did, you caught yourself and never made me small

when I brought them through the door, hands trembling at my sides
you crossed the room to learn their name, and set a place for them beside
To you, just one more plate, just one more chair —
but I'd spent my whole life sure
no table anywhere had room for two
and yours had room to spare

You didn't turn away, you didn't make me explain
You just smiled and said "come right in"
You had a place already set for me
You'll never know what it meant
It was nothing to you
But it was everything to me

You'll say it was nothing, you'll wave it all away
But I know I've got a place now, every single day
It was nothing to you
But it was everything to me
Everything to me