[Verse 1] You learned the locks before the doors Counted every footstep on the floor I learned to leave before goodbye Kept my hands where no one asked me why You said, “Be careful what you need” Like wanting made a wound bleed So I made a room inside my chest And called the distance doing my best [Pre-Chorus] Now you reach for me, I disappear Not because I don’t want you near There’s a language underneath my skin But I never learned where to begin [Chorus] How do you love when nobody showed you how? How do you stay when leaving kept you safe somehow? I can hold your hand, I can say your name But when you open the door, I forget the way How do you love when nobody showed you how? [Verse 2] I keep apologies beside the bed For things I haven’t even said I read your face for signs of weather Then blame myself for changing it together You don’t raise your voice, you don’t demand Still I flinch when you reach for my hand There are years I cannot put down They follow quietly from room to room now [Pre-Chorus] And you tell me I don’t have to run But safety feels like a loaded gun I want to trust the ground beneath I want to give you something more than teeth [Chorus] How do you love when nobody showed you how? How do you stay when leaving kept you safe somehow? I can hold your hand, I can say your name But when you open the door, I forget the way How do you love when nobody showed you how? [Bridge] If I break, will you call it truth? If I go quiet, will you wait me through? I am tired of turning tenderness Into evidence against myself You are here, and I am here That should be enough, but it disappears I want to learn the shape of home Without being afraid to call it my own [Final Chorus] How do you love when nobody showed you how? How do you stay when every promise sounds like doubt? I can hold your hand, I can say your name I can almost believe I don’t have to change How do you love when nobody showed you how? How do you love when nobody showed you how? [Outro] I’m still here, but I don’t know why You’re still here, and I’m still asking why How do you love... When nobody showed you how?
