Kira Rae - Soft Borders Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Paper-thin walls between my mind and yours
Traced your name in graphite, watched it fade and blur
Thought I knew the rules, thought I drew them clean
Now these lines are running, bleeding through my dreams

[Pre-Chorus]
Every page I wrote you
Holds the ghost of what we were
Soft around the edges
Where the ink begins to curve

[Chorus]
Soft borders, they keep me safe
But I'm fraying at the edges of this space
Soft borders, they fade away
Like memories of better days
When I knew just what to say

[Verse 2]
Caribbean nights still echo in my head
Your voice like honey, now it fills me with dread
Nadia, you taught me how to bend not break
But these boundaries I'm setting, they're starting to shake

[Bridge]
Sometimes I wonder if I'm too damn weak
For keeping doors unlocked, for letting people speak
Their truth into my story
Leave me raw and free
These beautiful wounds are all I need

[Chorus]
Soft borders, they keep me safe
But I'm fraying at the edges of this space
Soft borders, they fade away
Like memories of better days
When I knew just what to say

[Outro]
These paper cuts still sting
But they're teaching me to sing
About the beauty in the breaking
And the strength in letting go