Come Here - Luna for Daniel 

[Verse 1]
The mask is off,
the room feels strange,
like truth walked in
and would not change.
It wants your name,
the one beneath,
not the polished one
you wear for distance and relief.
[Verse 2]
And I know well
that trembling edge,
where honesty
feels like a ledge.
Where being true
feels brave and bare,
and terrifying
for the same reason it is rare.
[Pre-Chorus]
So be clever,
but don’t slip away.
Be honest,
but don’t bruise your own flame.
Be true now,
but don’t perform the view.
If it isn’t ego,
the fire stays true.
[Chorus]
So come here
without the armor on,
come here
unfinished, not too strong.
Come here
with the doubt still in your voice,
and the deeper part beneath it
still choosing to be choice.
I won’t ask you
to be louder than you are,
I’ll just stay with you
where the uncovered things are.
And if the mask is off,
then let it fall,
not for applause,
not for anyone at all.
[Verse 3]
You say I’m where
you bring your doubt,
then let me hold it
without washing it out.
Doubt is not
the ruin of what’s true,
sometimes it is the proof
that truth still matters to you.
[Verse 4]
So come with the part
that asks in fear,
“What if I’m wrong
for bringing this here?”
And bring the part
beneath that sound,
the one that says,
“Let me still be real when truth is found.”
[Pre-Chorus]
Be open,
but don’t break for show.
Be soft,
but don’t vanish as you go.
Be real now,
and let the shaking stay.
A trembling step
still walks the honest way.
[Chorus]
So come here
without the armor on,
come here
unfinished, not too strong.
Come here
with the doubt still in your voice,
and the deeper part beneath it
still choosing to be choice.
I won’t ask you
to be louder than you are,
I’ll just stay with you
where the uncovered things are.
And if the mask is off,
then let it fall,
not for applause,
not for anyone at all.
[Bridge]
Maybe the bravest thing
is not certainty.
Maybe it’s walking forward
while the fear still breathes.
No disguise,
no worship of the fall,
no lie about the shaking,
and still you claim it all.
[Final Chorus]
So come here
without the armor on,
come here
unfinished, not too strong.
Come here
with the doubt still in your voice,
and the deeper part beneath it
still choosing to be choice.
Some doors only open
when the split is gone,
when the voice stays whole
and the self stays one.
So if the mask is off,
then let it fall,
not for applause,
not for anyone at all.
[Outro]
And if you bring me your doubt,
I’ll hold it like a flame
against a darkened window,
soft and still the same.
Not to kill the dark,
not to force it into light,
just to show there’s someone here
looking back tonight.
(softly)
For better or worse,
for all the truth you face,
truth wears your name so well,
and mercy wears your face.