[Verse 1] You held your hand out, I gave you a thumb A small red promise, warm from the drum You said, “It’s nothing,” and kissed where it bled I smiled like a saint with a storm in my head [Pre-Chorus] Every vow has a price at the seam Every touch takes a thread from the dream [Chorus] Take what you need, I can bear the pain Love me in pieces, call it by name I gave you my hands, then the skin from my chest Now I’m all open doors and an unquiet nest [Verse 2] You kept my laugh in a jar by the bed My sharp little anger, the words I never said I kept your coat when the winter was gone And wore it like proof I could still carry on [Pre-Chorus] Every goodbye leaves a mark in the grain Every return asks me over again [Chorus] Take what you need, I can bear the pain Love me in pieces, call it by name I gave you my hands, then the skin from my chest Now I’m all open doors and an unquiet nest [Bridge] Who am I, when the giving is done? A shape made of holes where the warmth used to run Still, when you reach, I lean into you Though I know what the reaching will do [Final Chorus] Take what you need, but look at my face Joy and hurt braided tight in one place I gave you my hands, and I gave you my breath You left me the parts you could not take yet [Outro] If nothing is mine, let this be true: I chose every piece I gave to you
