The Seam Still Tender

[Verse 1] Your hand found mine beside the bedroom door A seam of warmth ran underneath my skin My heartbeat stumbled, then I felt yours answer Two separate maps beginning to wear thin [Pre-Chorus] Your grief came through my ribs like weather My joy was suddenly in your mouth We pulled apart; the tender places opened And neither of us knew how to back out [Chorus] If I let you in until there’s no dividing line Will we be one bright body, or will yours erase mine? Every part of me remembers every part of you I want the whole of us—and fear what whole can do Hold me close, but leave a little room to breathe Tell me love can join us without making one of me [Verse 2] Your pulse kept time beneath my collarbone My nerves lit up with every hurt you hid I tasted salt before your eyes were spilling And knew the ache before you said it did [Pre-Chorus] We found the edges thinning in the morning A borrowed hand, a borrowed breath, a name Each time we separate, the tearing lingers Each time we meet, we come back less the same [Chorus] If I let you in until there’s no dividing line Will we be one bright body, or will yours erase mine? Every part of me remembers every part of you I want the whole of us—and fear what whole can do Hold me close, but leave a little room to breathe Tell me love can join us without making one of me [Bridge] There is a door inside this wanting There is a self I cannot lend If we dissolve the space between us Will we still know where you begin? [Final Chorus] If I let you in until there’s no dividing line Will we be one bright body, or will yours erase mine? Every part of me remembers every part of you I want the whole of us—and fear what whole can do Stay with me, and let the border softly bend Love me without asking either life to end [Outro] Your hand in mine, the seam still tender Two names, still spoken, still our own