[Intro] Some names are written in pencil Some stay beneath the skin [Verse 1] You found me counting winter mornings With your coat across my chair You held the door through all my talking Like there was time enough to spare You taught my hands to unclench slowly Left the kettle by the stove I thought a heart could learn its measure By the kindness that it knows [Pre-Chorus] Then another came like summer With a key to every room I mistook the rush for promise And the promise for a truth [Chorus] Does the love story ever end? Or does it change its face again? One love mends, one love enthralls One takes the pieces, one takes it all I’ve been held, I’ve been undone I’ve asked the dark what I’ve become If every ending turns a page Does love grow quiet, or just change? [Verse 2] You could make a crowded table Feel like it was built for two Then you learned which words would move me And kept each one to use I gave you every second chance Till none were left to spend Some goodbyes arrive as breathing After begging has to end [Pre-Chorus] Now I check the locks more gently Now I trust the pause I feel Not every ache is asking for you Not every wound is meant to heal [Chorus] Does the love story ever end? Or does it change its face again? One love mends, one love enthralls One takes the pieces, one takes it all I’ve been held, I’ve been undone I’ve asked the dark what I’ve become If every ending turns a page Does love grow quiet, or just change? [Bridge] Maybe love is not one answer Maybe it is many rooms Some with sunlight on the table Some we leave before they bloom I can miss you without returning I can grieve what wasn’t true I can keep the parts that taught me And still make a life that’s new [Final Chorus] Does the love story ever end? Or do we learn to begin again? One love mends, one love enthralls One takes the pieces, one breaks the walls I’ve been held, I’ve been undone But I am more than what I’ve become If every ending turns a page I’ll write the next one at my pace [Outro] Does the story end? I don’t know yet But I am here And I am not finished
