[Verse 1] I was fine when you were just a name Lighting up the corner of my phone Nothing here I couldn't walk away from Nothing I was scared to lose Then somewhere in the little things You started getting underneath All the locks I thought were working All the distance keeping me safe [Pre-Chorus] I didn't feel the door swing open Didn't hear the warning sound I just woke up one day knowing You could hurt me now [Chorus] That's the trouble with letting somebody in You give them somewhere tender they can touch Every inch you let them closer Is another place that isn't armored up And I hate how much I want this When wanting anything means giving up control There's no way to fall for somebody Without giving them somewhere to hurt you Somewhere to hurt you [Verse 2] Now a silence isn't only silence And a sentence isn't only words Something you could've said a month ago Would never have had the power to hurt I can tell myself I'm overthinking Tell myself to keep it light But you don't get to choose what's frightening Once somebody starts to matter in your life [Pre-Chorus] Maybe brave is not pretending There's nothing here that I could lose Maybe brave is knowing better And still choosing you [Chorus] That's the trouble with letting somebody in You give them somewhere tender they can touch Every inch you let them closer Is another place that isn't armored up And I hate how much I want this When wanting anything means giving up control There's no way to fall for somebody Without giving them somewhere to hurt you Somewhere to hurt you [Bridge] I miss when you were harmless Before your name could change my day Before I learned the sound of missing you Before I cared if you stayed But I don't really want to go back To who I was before this started Safe is such an empty victory If nobody gets near your heart [Final Chorus] That's the trouble with letting somebody in You give them somewhere tender they can touch And maybe that's the price of finding Something that could ever mean this much God, I hate how much I want this How badly I want to see where this could go There's no way to fall for somebody Without giving them somewhere to hurt you [Outro] So here I am A little less protected A little more afraid And hoping you're worth it
