[Verse 1] I set gold on your horizon Then gave you gravel and a view of the rent Kept saying “Next year Baby” Like a scratched-up promise I could never mend You held my hand through every layoff Packed up boxes Laughed on floors we swept I called it chasing something better You called it love And kept [Chorus] I have been derelict in my duties I have failed you More than once or twice I said I’d give you the world Couldn’t even give you steady lights And still you stayed Like that was enough You stayed Like that was enough To call it love To call it love [Verse 2] You learned the language of my silence Paid my tabs in patience Teeth and tongue I swore I’d build you safe foundations But every plan I drew came out undone You stitched hope into the evenings Over dishes Over cheap red wine You treated every cracked and leaning Wall like part of some design [Chorus] I have been derelict in my duties I have failed you More than once or twice I said I’d give you the world Couldn’t even give you steady lights And still you stayed Like that was enough You stayed Like that was enough To call it love To call it love [Bridge] So let me start with what is honest Not with castles Not with crowns Just these hands that finally get it All the ways I let you down If all I have is breath and backbone Let me spend them making up For all the years I only offered Sorry dressed up as love (oh love) [Chorus] I have been derelict in my duties I have failed you But I’m not done If I can’t give you all I promised Let me give you all I am One by one If you still stay Like that is enough If you still stay Like that is enough We’ll call it love We’ll call it love
