[Intro] If my voice gives out If my hands let go Take this little line And carry it home [Verse 1] I came up from the quiet part With dust still on my sleeve I had a song inside my chest That would not let me breathe I tried to lift it by myself Tried to make it sound like hope But every time the chorus came It caught against my throat [Pre-Chorus] So I’m done pretending I can be the whole room If I start the line Can I give it to you? [Chorus] Sing it back to me When I can’t find the air When the weight in my chest Gets too much to bear Take the part that hurts Turn it into harmony If I lose the melody Sing it back to me [Verse 2] There’s a crack in every anthem There’s a bend in every beam There’s a reason broken voices Know exactly what I mean I don’t need it clean or perfect I don’t need it dressed in gold I just need the sound returning With another hand to hold [Pre-Chorus] So I’m done pretending I can be the whole room If I start the line Can I give it to you? [Chorus] Sing it back to me When I can’t find the air When the weight in my chest Gets too much to bear Take the part that hurts Turn it into harmony If I lose the melody Sing it back to me [Breakdown] I was tired of being brave In a language no one heard I was carrying the ache Like it couldn’t become words Then your voices found the fracture Put a note where it had been And the thing I thought would bury me Started breathing again [Final Chorus] Sing it back to me When I can’t find the air When the weight in my chest Gets too much to bear Take the part that hurts Turn it into harmony If I lose the melody Sing it back to me Sing it back to me Till the walls start giving way Till the grief I couldn’t carry Has another place to stay Take the line I almost lost Raise it till it sets me free If the weight can sing at all Sing it back to me [Outro] If my voice gives out If my hands let go You take the last line And carry it home [End]
