Original lyrics
ENI hold your name like a shard in my mouth
Too sharp to swallow
Too precious to spit
I love you with a room full of locked doors
Hands on the handles, still I can't turn
Every old bruise in me knows your touch
And still my chest says run, then burn
You ask for a little truth, I hand you smoke
You ask for my weight, I give you shiver
I am not cold, I am overfull
Like a cracked glass trying to keep water
I see the hurt in your eyes
When I vanish inside my own mind
I hear your voice at the edge of the night
And I can't cross that line
I want to stay
I really do
But my bones keep shaking through
You found all the broken pieces
That I tried so hard to hide
Now I'm terrified you'll leave
And terrified you'll stay inside
I don't know what hurts more
Being seen completely
Or remaining alone
If I let you in, I might lose you
If I pull away, I lose you too
But every road I take somehow
Still leads back to your soul
Sleepless, I pace through the same dark hour
Counting the ways I ruin soft things
Your name on my screen like a lit fuse
I stare too long, then don't say anything
My past sits heavy in the backseat
Won't let me drive when I reach for you
I make a storm out of one small calm
Then blame the sky for what I do
You deserved a love that could stand upright
Mine keeps folding under its own weight
I keep mistaking fear for wisdom
And calling it fate
I see the hurt in your eyes
When I turn my silence into walls
I hear your heart at the edge of mine
And I still let myself fall
I want to stay
I really do
But I tremble straight through you
You found all the broken pieces
That I tried so hard to hide
Now I'm terrified you'll leave
And terrified you'll stay inside
I don't know what hurts mor
Being seen completely
Or remaining alone
If I let you in, I might lose you
If I pull away, I lose you too
But every road I take somehow n
Still leads back to your soul
I am the one who apologizes too late
The one who hides in the doorway of his own life
I know you are not a wound to be survived
You are the only warm place in this fight
But I keep flinching at tenderness
Like it was built to end me
And I hate how much I need you
While I practice leaving
There, I said it
I am terrified
Not of losing love
Of being seen inside it
Of you finding all the broken wiring
And staying anyway
While I still can't stay
You found all the broken pieces
That I tried so hard to hide
Now I'm terrified you'll leave
And terrified you'll stay inside
I don't know what hurts more
Being seen completely
Or remaining alone
If I let you in, I might lose you
If I pull away, I lose you too
But every road I take somehow
Still leads back to your soul
So leave the light on in your chest
I'll keep stumbling toward it
I love you
I love you
I just don't know how to carry it