Welcome

[Verse 1] I walked a road I knew before Past weathered paint and an aging door The windows glowed a softer light Like someone still believed in nights No questions asked, no guarded glance No measuring worth at first chance Just something simple, plain and true A place that opened up for you [Pre-Chorus – emotional lift] Sometimes the smallest words can heal More than grand promises reveal A little sign, a little space Can change the feeling of a place [Chorus – warm, expansive, uplifting] There was a sign on the door (Welcome) Once more There was a sign on the mat (Welcome) Imagine that No conditions, no disguise (No hidden terms between the lies) Just open air and open eyes (A simple human compromise) [Post-Chorus – repeating motif] Welcome… Welcome… (Please come in) [Soft choir harmonies sustain underneath] [Verse 2 – broader meaning, social undertones] In crowded towns and crowded minds It’s getting harder now to find A place where people still believe That giving more means more received The signs we hang, the words we choose Reveal the things we might still lose And every threshold we defend Can shape the world we finally end in [Pre-Chorus – fuller arrangement] A little kindness leaves a trace Long after footsteps leave a place Sometimes the smallest things we do Become the proof we made it through [Chorus – bigger, brighter arrangement] There was a sign on the door (Welcome) Once more There was a sign on the mat (Welcome) Imagine that No fear hidden in the frame (No need to justify a name) Just one small word that still survives (Keeping something good alive) [Bridge – stripped down and intimate] Maybe every heart’s a room Sometimes dark and filled with gloom But every lock we choose to turn Can become a place to learn And every sign we leave behind Might shape another state of mind [Final Chorus – emotional peak, communal feel] There was a sign on the door (Welcome) Once more There was a sign on the mat (Welcome) Imagine that Open hands instead of walls (Open ears instead of calls) In a world so closed and flat (Imagine that) [Outro – gentle fade] Welcome… (To love’s freedom) Once more… (Love will endure… for sure) http://KingArthur.com From the album "Sign" http://kingarthur.com/albums/Sign/ On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wOyFWJ951xeYHMpymwoYj On Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/browse/music-items/artist/B07SC5C49W/chronological-albums