The World Withheld From You

[Verse 1] You learned to lower your voice Before anyone asked you to You carried every verdict As if it had to be true But I see the years you survived And the tenderness you kept Even when the world looked away Even when nobody stepped in [Pre-Chorus] You don't have to earn this You don't have to explain I can love you right here With the hurt and the days [Chorus] I will give you the love The world withheld from you You deserve to be cherished You deserve to be known I will stay through the ache Till the old words lose their hold Everyone deserves love And you are no exception [Verse 2] You are more than the hardest thing That someone said you were More than the years spent waiting For a kindness to return I won't ask you to be fearless Or to smile before you're ready I'll meet you in the honest truth And hold steady when it's heavy [Pre-Chorus] You don't have to earn this You don't have to explain I can love you right here With the hurt and the days [Chorus] I will give you the love The world withheld from you You deserve to be cherished You deserve to be known I will stay through the ache Till the old words lose their hold Everyone deserves love And you are no exception [Bridge] If you can't believe it yet Let my care be something real Not a prize for being perfect Just a truth you get to feel When your own heart turns against you I will speak with gentleness You were worthy all along You are worthy as you are [Final Chorus] I will give you the love The world withheld from you You deserve to be cherished You deserve to be known I will stay through the ache Till the old words lose their hold Everyone deserves love And you are no exception [Outro] Everyone deserves love You deserve love, too