[Verse 1] You give your daylight out in handfuls Then wonder where your own went I watch you turn toward every pleading voice While mine keeps changing pitch [Pre-Chorus] I can choose what leaves my hands I can't choose what comes back [Chorus] Give what you can, let the rest arrive I can't steer every heart in motion Give what you can, keep your own alive Some things move beyond my holding [Verse 2] Your plans pull east, my promise pulls west A third small need keeps calling I keep mistaking care for command As if love could stop the falling [Pre-Chorus] I can choose what leaves my hands I can't choose what comes back [Chorus] Give what you can, let the rest arrive I can't steer every heart in motion Give what you can, keep your own alive Some things move beyond my holding [Bridge] If I loosen my grip on the outcome Does the kindness still count? I don't know—so I offer it plainly And let the answer be out of my hands [Final Chorus] Give what you can, let the rest arrive I can't steer every heart in motion Give what you can, keep your own alive Some things move beyond my holding [Outro] What I can give, I give; the rest can turn
