[Verse 1] My mother kept salt by the door Said it saves what love can’t hold Father left a shoe by the chair Like a story that got told I learned to sleep with one eye open In a house that sang in cracks Still I found your name in the storm Like a light behind the black [Pre-Chorus] If the floor falls out If my hands go cold Say I’m still here Say my soul won’t fold [Chorus] Hold me up Hold me up Through the smoke and the rain Hold me up Hold me up Till I find my name (hold me up) (hold me up) [Verse 2] You wore your hurt like borrowed clothes Smiled through a borrowed day We kissed in the shadow of a lie Then watched it turn away The town sold truth in paper cups And called the poison grace But I still hear a deeper voice Calling me by face [Pre-Chorus] If the glass goes dark If the road gets low Say I’m still here Say you’ll let me know [Chorus] Hold me up Hold me up Through the smoke and the rain Hold me up Hold me up Till I find my name (hold me up) (hold me up) [Bridge] I’ve been counting broken windows I’ve been naming every loss But mercy walks with bare feet And it meets me where I’m lost So take this fear from my tongue Take this weight from my chest If love is a hard river Let it carry me to rest [Final Chorus] Hold me up Hold me up Through the smoke and the rain Hold me up Hold me up Till I find my name Hold me up Hold me up When the whole world shakes (hold me up) (hold me up) Till the dark breaks
