[Verse 1] I been folding my fear like rent in a back pocket like a receipt you swear you threw away I learned how to smile with a split in my tooth learned how to say “I’m good” while my hands shook under the table There’s a house in me built out of old apologies paper walls thin enough to hear every name I still call myself And you you walked in with your boots still dusty from leaving looked at the cracks and said “Stay here” [Pre-Chorus] So I stayed with the door half-open with my heart in a jacket that never fit right I stayed though the whole room knew I was one hard truth away from running [Chorus] Build me back build me back from the floor Say my name say my name like before I am not just the wreck you walked through Build me back build me back I can grow [Verse 2] I got letters in a drawer from versions of me that still believed every goodbye was a lesson I got salt on my tongue from swallowing answers I should have thrown at the feet of my doubt But I seen what survives when the weather gets mean a match in the rain a seed in a seam a hand held steady on a stairwell blacked out So don’t tell me I’m finished I’ve been finished and still showed up with my name in my mouth [Pre-Chorus] I stayed with the door half-open with my heart in a jacket that never fit right I stayed though the whole room knew I was one hard truth away from running [Chorus] Build me back build me back from the floor Say my name say my name like before I am not just the wreck you walked through Build me back build me back I can grow [Bridge] If I’m honest I don’t want perfect I want honest hands I want the kind of love that can lift a frame and not flinch when it hears the nails cry out I want daylight through the broken places I want breath that doesn’t ask permission I want to be known and not reduced I want to be held and not handled [Chorus] Build me back build me back from the floor Say my name say my name like before I am not just the wreck you walked through Build me back build me back I can grow [Outro] So I lay my pieces down not as proof I lost but proof I stayed And if my hands are still trembling let them they’ve been carrying the whole house by themselves
