[Verse 1] You came in quiet, a seed beneath my ribs By morning, roots had wrapped around my breath I learned your pulse beside my own A second heart that beat in borrowed flesh [Pre-Chorus] They say the body knows what it can lose But nobody tells the wound what it remembers [Chorus] I grew you in the hollow under my sternum Soft as a bud, stubborn as bone I can live without the piece you’ve become But I’ll never be the shape I was alone Love is a garden that takes what it needs And leaves its roots when somebody leaves [Verse 2] Your laugh took hold behind my teeth Your absence keeps flowering when I sleep I carry every name in muscle and scar A crowded little orchard under the skin [Grime Break] You were not a guest, you were grafted in Thread by thread, where the old walls split Now the surgeon asks what I want to save I say your name—and the whole room shakes [Bridge] If I cut you out, I’ll keep on breathing If I keep you, I keep on bleeding Tell me which hurt means I loved you more Tell me what a body is for [Final Chorus] I grew you in the hollow under my sternum Soft as a bud, stubborn as bone I can live without the piece you’ve become But I’ll never be the shape I was alone Love is a garden that takes what it needs And leaves its roots— Leaves its roots in me [Outro] Still breathing Still changed Still making room
