[Verse 1] I learned to make the careful answer Before you even asked the question Kept every promise in the open Kept every fracture out of sight [Pre-Chorus] I wanted kindness to be honest I wanted love to make me clean But every little thing I buried Still stands between you and me [Chorus] Can I be good when I keep this from you? Can I be kind with a locked room inside? I built a house of cards around the truth And every breath could bring it down tonight I tried so hard to love you gently Now I’m afraid of what you’ll find [Verse 2] You trust the version I rehearsed here The steady hands, the open door I hear the floorboards shift beneath us I can’t pretend they won’t anymore [Pre-Chorus] I wanted kindness to be honest I wanted love to make me clean But every little thing I buried Still stands between you and me [Chorus] Can I be good when I keep this from you? Can I be kind with a locked room inside? I built a house of cards around the truth And every breath could bring it down tonight I tried so hard to love you gently Now I’m afraid of what you’ll find [Bridge] If I tell you, I could lose you. If I don’t, I lose you slowly. I keep calling silence mercy. Maybe that’s just fear in nice clothes. [Final Chorus] Can I be good if I stand here and tell you? Can I be kind if I let the whole thing fall? I built a house of cards around the truth And I can’t ask you to live beneath it all I tried so hard to love you gently Now I have to let you see it all [Outro] Let it fall Let it fall
