[Verse 1] You let me hear the small clock under your ribs I laid my ear there; mine answered from within A fine red seam crossed the bedsheets by dawn One pulse went north, one pulse carried on Your blood found my hands like it knew the way My blood learned your name and refused to stray [Pre-Chorus] We laughed when the monitor counted us wrong Two separate heartbeats, one current strong Then the surgeon said, “There’s no clean divide” And I felt your fear move alive inside mine [Chorus] We share one river under the skin Two hearts still racing, both pulling us in Hold me together; I’m terrified, glad The sweetest ache is the life that we have If they draw the line, if they pull us apart The blood goes quiet in both of our hearts [Verse 2] You steal the warm blanket; I steal it back We bicker at breakfast, then share the same glass Your fingers go cold when my fever climbs I taste your salt before you say you’re not fine Some nights I resent every borrowed breath Then you squeeze my hand, and I choose it again [Pre-Chorus] No neat little answer, no painless repair Just your pulse in my wrist and my pulse in your care We know what it costs; we know what we chose A knot made of vessels that nobody knows [Chorus] We share one river under the skin Two hearts still racing, both pulling us in Hold me together; I’m terrified, glad The sweetest ache is the life that we have If they draw the line, if they pull us apart The blood goes quiet in both of our hearts [Bridge] When your heart runs ahead, mine answers late When mine stumbles, yours keeps the gate I hate how the tether can hurt when it pulls I love how your hand finds mine through it all No saint, no cure, no clean way through Just this strange red promise: I live with you [Final Chorus] We share one river under the skin Two hearts still racing, still pulling us in Hold me together; I’m terrified, glad The hardest, kindest life I ever had If they draw the line, if they pull us apart The blood goes quiet in both of our hearts So stay through the shaking, stay through the scar Two separate rhythms, one place where we are [Outro] Your pulse in my wrist My pulse in your hand Two hearts, one current Still here, still we stand
