[Verse 1] I hold your hurt like glass Both hands, both careful I learn your weather fast I keep you from the awful I know where your pain sits I know what words to say But when it comes to me I leave the door that way [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause if I let me in I know what I would do I'd make a vow, then bend it I'd hurt the one I knew So I stay out here I stay small, I stay kind I can save a thousand hearts Just not this one of mine [Chorus] I got mercy for you I got mercy for you I got mercy for you But not for me, not for me I know what I would break I know what I would lose So I give away the healing And I leave the wound for you [Verse 2] I bring soup when you can't eat I call when you go quiet I sit through your bad news Like it’s sacred in the silence I tell you you're enough I tell you don't give up Then I swallow all my hunger And I never ask for love [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause if I let me in I'd ask the world to stay Then I'd miss every promise On the first hard day So I keep my hands full With everybody else I can carry all your pieces Just not my own myself [Chorus] I got mercy for you I got mercy for you I got mercy for you But not for me, not for me I know what I would break I know what I would lose So I give away the healing And I leave the wound for you [Bridge] If I touched that hope I'd have to let it die If I said "I need you" I'd hear the crack inside So I wear your burden Like a coat that fits too well And I call it being gentle When it's really just a cell [Final Chorus] I got mercy for you I got mercy for you I got mercy for you But not for me, not for me Maybe one day I'll stay Maybe one day I'll choose Till then I keep on saving What I can't yet give to you [Outro] I got mercy for you I got mercy for you But not for me
