[Verse 1] I learned to read a room before I learned my name Count every cup on the table, measure every change You called it keeping peace; I called it holding still I got good at making space for someone else's will [Pre-Chorus] Now your hand is on my shoulder And I don't know what to do Nothing in me says it's over Nothing tells me to trust you [Chorus] How do you learn to love When nobody showed you where to start? I can give you every honest word Still lose the map inside my heart How do you open up Without waiting for the door to slam? I am trying not to run from you But I don't know who I am when I am held like that [Verse 2] I keep my keys beside the bed, my coat against the chair I leave before the asking starts, before you find me there You say I disappear; I say I learned the safest way Was never needing anything I couldn't take away [Pre-Chorus] Now your voice is getting softer And I hear what you don't say I want to move a little closer But my body knows the old escape [Chorus] How do you learn to love When nobody showed you where to start? I can give you every honest word Still lose the map inside my heart How do you open up Without waiting for the door to slam? I am trying not to run from you But I don't know who I am when I am held like that [Bridge] If I stay, will you stay careful? If I break, will you look away? I have carried this like proof of something I was never taught to say Maybe love is not a language Maybe I am not too late But tonight I need an answer And I cannot make one from the shape you make [Final Chorus] How do you learn to love When nobody showed you where to start? I can feel you standing near me And still brace for the dark How do you open up When the lock is part of who you are? I am trying not to run from you I am trying, but I don't know where to put my heart [Outro] Leave the question on the table Leave the hallway light undone If you find a place to begin there Tell me when you come
