[Title: I Call It Fear] [Vocal] [Verse 1] You always spoke in half-lit rooms Like truth looked better dim One foot out the screen door frame One eye on breaking in I learned the shape of all your storms Before you let them start You’d hand me silence like a gift Then call that your heart [Verse 2] You wore that hurt like older skin Like something you were owed And every time I reached for you You vanished down the road I kept the kitchen light on late Like that could make you stay But love can’t live on maybe, dear And night don’t always wait [Chorus] Your hands were tied, that’s what you say But you let go a little more each day I stood there holding what you dropped Till holding on was all I’d lost Your hands were tied, mine broke down too Trying to save what I had with you You call it fate, I call it fear And I was the one still standing here [Verse 3] I knew the sound your old truck made Half a mile before the drive And I still hated how my heart Would jump to hear it arrive You’d come in like a weather front All restless breath and smoke And leave before the coffee cooled Like love was just a joke [Verse 4] I don’t need saints, I don’t need blame I know how damaged works But every broken thing ain’t deep And every wound still hurts You looked at me like I was home Then treated me like rain Something you could wait beneath Till the sky went clear again [Chorus] Your hands were tied, that’s what you say But you let go a little more each day I stood there holding what you dropped Till holding on was all I’d lost Your hands were tied, mine broke down too Trying to save what I had with you You call it fate, I call it fear And I was the one still standing here [Bridge] And maybe you believed yourself Maybe that’s the worst part now You talk like love just slipped away Like nobody knew how But I was there in every room I watched each small retreat Love didn’t die in one loud night It left on quiet feet [Breakdown] I gave you more than I had left You gave me less each time And somewhere in the giving up I finally drew the line [Final Chorus] Your hands were tied, that’s what you say But you let go a little more each day I stood there holding what you dropped Till holding on was all I’d lost Your hands were tied, mine broke down too Trying to save what I had with you You call it fate, I call it fear And I was the one still standing here [Outro] Still standing here Still standing here I loved you true, I loved you hard But I won’t wear your alibis
