[Verse 1] I kept a chair pulled out for everyone Made room before they asked me to I learned the shape of every aching heart And wore it like a coat I never knew I remembered birthdays, borrowed coats Stayed up till the shaking passed Now my own hands hover at the door Like I have to earn a place at last [Pre-Chorus] I gave away the softest parts Till I forgot they had my name [Chorus] I loved too many people like a promise Spent my whole heart trying to make them stay Now when someone reaches out to hold me I turn my face and say, “I’m okay” If I poured myself out till there’s nothing Does that mean I’m not the kind you choose? I’m learning love was never meant to leave me With no love left to give myself to [Verse 2] Your message waits; I read it three times Searching for the catch beneath the care You say you want to know me as I am I don’t know what to do with someone there I know how to listen through the silence How to tell a joke before they cry But when you ask me what I’m needing Every answer folds and hides [Pre-Chorus] I made a home in everybody’s storms Then wondered why my own room felt so bare [Chorus] I loved too many people like a promise Spent my whole heart trying to make them stay Now when someone reaches out to hold me I turn my face and say, “I’m okay” If I poured myself out till there’s nothing Does that mean I’m not the kind you choose? I’m learning love was never meant to leave me With no love left to give myself to [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] Maybe I mistook being needed For being worthy of a place Maybe I called it kindness When I disappeared to keep their faith You don’t have to pay me back You don’t have to make me whole Just sit beside me while I practice Not abandoning my own soul [Half-Time Breakdown] I am not the sum of every goodbye I am not the debt of every hand I held There is still a room inside me I can enter for myself [Final Chorus] I loved too many people like a promise Spent my whole heart trying to make them stay But I can let your kindness reach me I don’t have to turn it all away If I poured myself out till there’s nothing I can start with one small truth: Love was never meant to leave me With no love left to give myself to [Final Refrain] I can keep a little for the morning I can let my own name sound like home You can love me without being owed it I can stay, and not be alone [Outro] I can stay I can stay
