071 Same Building
Lyrics
back then
i never signed
the card was his
just numbers
i knew by heart
at the front desk
he came
for strength
i came
for the hot water
same building
different prayers
when the mirrors emptied
when the counting stopped
when the room held on
to its leftover heat
i never touched the weights
that part
was never mine
just the water
hot enough
to loosen a hard day
long enough
to make the trip
feel worth explaining
outside stayed outside
same rent
same bad week
same thin timing
only the line blurred
his name on the card
my body
under the water
same building different goals
he came for muscle
i came for steam
he paid for entry
i learned where comfort lives
he left worn out
i left put back together
call it cheating if you want
i call it knowing
what still heals
when money runs thin
steam climbed
like something expensive
minutes passed
under someone else’s name
water hit
with that steady pressure
that makes a tired body
stop arguing
i stayed
past clean
long enough
for the mirror to clear
long enough
to watch my face
start looking
like it belonged there
then i stood still
for one more second
listening
for the door
for footsteps
for the moment
it might stop
feeling like mine
the walk back home
always felt lighter
heat held
in my bones
like one small mercy
i’d managed
to bring home
same building different goals
he left exhausted
i left human
he tracked progress
i tracked what i could keep
call it whatever lets you name it
i slept
like the water
never asked
whose name i used
that’s what
i came for
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