[Verse 1] You count the dents beside the door From nights I couldn’t name the storm Your name blooms blue across my phone I watch it fade beside the sink alone You ask what’s wrong; I rinse one glass Until the tap runs cold I drag the blankets to the floor Then listen for your footsteps at the door [Pre-Chorus] I leave clues in the kitchen light: One drawer slammed, one chair turned sideways I tuck the soft parts under my tongue Before your hands can find them [Chorus] Let me, let me, let me Let me let you love me I open up, I shut you out I need you here, I need you gone Let me, let me, let me Stay when I’m afraid to need you I send you from the room Then pray you don’t leave too soon It shouldn’t be this hard But I’m learning how to let you love me [Verse 2] I keep my gentlest words in tins Behind the coats and cedar pins When you reach out, I name the flaw And make your kindness something owed My jacket waits beside the door Keys warm against my palm Before you see my fingers shake Or hear the ache beneath the calm If you go, I’ll call it proof Press every silence into truth And tell the story I rehearsed: A wanted heart is bound to hurt [Pre-Chorus] I wear your patience down to thread Then startle when you come back again Your hand pauses above my sleeve As if my skin might disagree [Chorus] Let me, let me, let me Let me let you love me I open up, I shut you out I need you here, I need you gone Let me, let me, let me Stay when I’m afraid to need you I send you from the room Then pray you don’t leave too soon It shouldn’t be this hard But I’m learning how to let you love me [Bridge] What if the cracks admit the dawn? What if I leave the chain undone? What if goodbye is not the click Of your keys turning in the lock? What if the child beneath my ribs Can learn the map of fingertips? Not every hand arrives to take Some stay when all my edges shake What if I can meet you halfway Without mistaking need for blame? What if the door can open slow And still belong to me? [Final Chorus] Let me, let me, let me Let me let you love me I’ve spent so long behind this door I forgot what open was for Let me, let me, let me Stay when I’m afraid to need you I’m scared, but I am here I’m not disappearing I’m not a house with boarded windows Not every scar is structural I don’t have to be unbroken To let something good come through If you reach, I’ll tell the truth: I’m scared, but I am here with you Let me, let me, let me Let me let you love me [Outro] If I pull away, I’ll try to name the fear Instead of turning every silence Into proof you’ll disappear It shouldn’t be this hard To let you love me But I can meet you at the doorway With the chain undone One hand still resting on the frame So I know I’m choosing, not undone Maybe healing isn’t waking With the whole house bright and new Maybe it’s leaving one light burning And letting it lead me back to you.
