WITH SO MUCH TENDERNESS [Verse 1] I sat outside and played that song The one I wrote for my girls And just like that, the years came back Every moment, every world I thought the tears would take me down Like they always did before But I could feel the sadness come Without falling through the floor [Pre-Chorus] Nothing disappeared Nothing had to change I was standing in the memory But it didn’t feel the same [Chorus] I get to be right there But with so much tenderness I can feel the love and feel the hurt Without choosing which is less No more highest mountains No more valleys underneath Everything is here now And somehow I can breathe With the wind running through my hair And yesterday close enough to touch I get to be right there Without it hurting quite so much I haven’t lost the feeling I’ve just lost the fight with it I get to be right there With so much tenderness [Verse 2] There’s regret beside the gratitude There’s sorrow next to love Neither one is pulling me Below or far above I remember what I couldn’t give And everything I tried I can see the mother that I was Without needing her to hide And my girls are in those memories Every age and every smile I can love them from right here today And stay there for a while [Pre-Chorus] I don’t have to change the past Or make the pieces fit I can let it all be true And gently sit with it [Chorus] I get to be right there But with so much tenderness I can feel the love and feel the hurt Without choosing which is less No more highest mountains No more valleys underneath Everything is here now And somehow I can breathe With the wind running through my hair And yesterday close enough to touch I get to be right there Without it hurting quite so much I haven’t lost the feeling I’ve just lost the fight with it I get to be right there With so much tenderness [Bridge] Maybe peace was never meant To make the feelings small Maybe peace is having room Inside my heart for all For the woman I was then For the woman I’ve become For the things that still bring tears And the things that brought me home Nothing has to disappear For me to finally rest I can hold the whole damn story With so much tenderness [Final Chorus] I get to be right there But with so much tenderness Every joy and every sorrow Living softly in my chest No more highest mountains No more valleys underneath They’re all here together And finally I can breathe With the wind running through my hair I let yesterday come close I don’t have to run away And I don’t have to hold it close I haven’t lost the feeling I can finally live with it I get to be right there I get to feel all of it And still come home to me With so much tenderness [Outro] The memories are still mine They just don’t hurt the same I can walk through yesterday And find my way home again.
