[Verse 1] I carry a room inside my chest Too quiet to be empty Too full to let me rest There’s a pressure under my ribs Like I’m holding my own breath For something I have never lived Untouched corners in the dark A chair that waits for two My hands keep reaching out For warmth they never knew At night it comes all at once A wave with nowhere to go And I fold into the ache Like it knows me by my bones [Pre-Chorus] I want a hand at my back When the world gets sharp I want a voice that says stay And stays after dark I want soft in the doorway I want warm in the rain I want to be met Without needing to explain [Chorus] Hold me here I need that air Warmth that isn’t there Hold me here I reach, I reach For a love I know I deserve Hold me here Until my lungs Remember what safe feels like Hold me here I’m wanting breath But it only comes halfway [Verse 2] I see it in the small things The loaf on the counter Two mugs in the sink Someone laughing with me In the middle of dishes In the middle of nothing Choosing to be near Choosing to be steady Choosing me, not drifting A hand brushing my shoulder Not asking me to harden A quiet "you’re all right" That could soften the cement And I’d bloom in that kind of weather I know I would I’ve been waiting in the hallway For a love that feels like home should [Pre-Chorus] I want to be understood In the ordinary hours Not saved from my life Just held through its weight and power I want my softness answered With someone’s softness too I want the truth of being wanted Without having to reach so hard for you [Chorus] Hold me here I need that air Warmth that isn’t there Hold me here I reach, I reach For a love I know I deserve Hold me here Until my lungs Remember what safe feels like Hold me here I’m wanting breath But it only comes halfway [Bridge] It sits in me heavy A stone and a hymn This wanting that rises Then sinks back again I don’t want a grand flame I don’t want the bright kind I want the steady hand At the edge of my night And if love ever finds me Let it find me plain Let it know my name In the washing and the waiting Let it meet the tired places The ones I hide from light I want to be chosen In the quiet of my life [Chorus] Hold me here I need that air Warmth that isn’t there Hold me here I reach, I reach For a love I know I deserve Hold me here Until my lungs Remember what safe feels like Hold me here I’m wanting breath But it only comes halfway
