[Verse 1] You left my box by the gate Like I was old mail Photo frames in a trash bag Rain on the porch rail My sister changed the locks My friends went quiet fast I learned the house can echo When love don't last [Pre-Chorus] I stood there with my hands full Shaking in the cold Then I heard my own name For the first time, low [Chorus] I am learning to live Learning to live With the door shut hard And my heart still here (still here) I am learning to live Learning to live If you threw me away I can build from here [Verse 2] I ate off paper plates In a borrowed room Kept the good knife sharp Cutting open fruit Found my shoes by the bed Found my voice again Found a little light In the cracks you made [Pre-Chorus] I stopped asking why I stopped counting scars Put my name back on Like a patch on a jar [Chorus] I am learning to live Learning to live With the door shut hard And my heart still here (still here) I am learning to live Learning to live If you threw me away I can build from here [Bridge] You don't get my ending You don't write my skin What you tossed aside I am carrying in One slow step Then another I am not your stain I am my mother [Final Chorus] I am learning to live Learning to live With the door shut hard And my heart still here (still here) I am learning to live Learning to live If you threw me away I can build from here (build from here) I am learning to live Learning to live And I won't go back I am safe right here
