[Verse 1] I keep a ledger in the kitchen drawer Names beside the cracks I couldn’t close You call, I come with both hands full Then leave with less than I suppose I learned to make a shelter out of me A room with every window facing out But every guest takes one small piece of wall And I’m the one still standing in the house [Pre-Chorus] I want your hurt to have somewhere to go I want your heart to feel its weight let go But tell me, when I give away the frame Who holds the door when I can’t hold my name? [Chorus] I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine Can’t be every harbor, every shore I love you, I love you—still I need a line A little room to be a person more If I open every door, I disappear So let me stay, and let me love you here [Verse 2] Your blue mug waits beside the sink A chipped rim catching morning tea You said, “I’m fine,” and watched my face As if my answer set you free I know the shape of being needed The warm relief, the quiet cost I’ve carried people past their winter Then wondered where my own spring got lost [Pre-Chorus] I want your hurt to have somewhere to go I want your heart to feel its weight let go But care can’t mean I vanish from the room A root needs dirt; a heart needs room to bloom [Chorus] I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine Can’t be every harbor, every shore I love you, I love you—still I need a line A little room to be a person more If I open every door, I disappear So let me stay, and let me love you here [Bridge] I’m not a cure, I’m not a chapel I’m a hand that sometimes shakes I can sit beside your sorrow Without taking every ache You can lean, but I can answer You can call, and I can rest Love is not a borrowed body Love leaves both of us intact [Final Chorus] I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine But I can meet you where we are I love you, I love you—let the boundary shine Not a wall, just where I start If I keep a little room, I can stay near And give you love that doesn’t disappear [Outro] Your blue mug, my chipped plate Two lives at the same small table I’m still here; you’re still here That is more than I was able
