[Intro: soft piano, distant room tone] [Spoken, intimate] The heart can make room. The calendar is less generous. [Verse 1: piano and light strings] I love the way one person laughs The way another always asks If I got home If I ate If I need a little space I love the ones who call at midnight The ones who sit with me in daylight The ones who know the oldest scars And those I’ve only just begun to know [Backing Vocals, soft] So many rooms So many lights [Lead] And somehow all of them feel bright [Pre-Chorus] But every yes Creates a no Somewhere else I meant to go And every hand I choose to hold Leaves another hand out in the cold [Chorus: full band blooms] I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS MORE LOVE THAN TIME So many beautiful people I want to keep inside my life And I don’t want your light diminished Because I need a night alone I don’t want space to sound like distance Or silence to sound like gone I’m trying to love you Without disappearing too [Verse 2: steady drums enter] I learned that care can turn to panic When every moment feels demanded Reply right now Stay a bit Prove that nothing here has shifted And I understand the fear behind it Because I feel it in myself That if affection changes shape Maybe love is leaving on the shelf [Backing Vocals] Hold me See me Choose me Stay [Lead] How do you reassure a heart Without giving all your days away? [Pre-Chorus] Love is not a ranking board But time can make it look that way One dinner missed One message late And suddenly a heart may say “Am I less?” [Pause] No. But I understand Why it can feel that way [Chorus] I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS MORE LOVE THAN TIME So many beautiful people I want to keep inside my life And I don’t want your light diminished Because I need a night alone I don’t want space to sound like distance Or silence to sound like gone I’m trying to love you Without disappearing too [Bridge: drums drop, piano only] Maybe loving well Means telling the truth Before exhaustion starts to speak for you Maybe saying “I need tonight” Is kinder than arriving With nothing left inside Maybe nobody wins If I give until I’m hollow Then wake up with no tenderness Remaining for tomorrow [String swell] I want to show up whole Not perfect Not endlessly available Whole [Verse 3: hopeful build] So I’ll make the plans And miss some too I’ll send the message Say “I love you” I’ll guard the quiet Keep the door Open enough to love some more I’ll trust that people who know my heart Won’t count affection like a chart And when somebody needs more care We’ll name it honestly right there [Backing Vocals] No guessing No score No keeping count [Lead] Love can stretch But people burn out [Final Chorus: huge key change] I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS MORE LOVE THAN TIME But maybe loving beautifully Means learning how to draw the lines Not walls Not locks Not disappearing Just enough room to breathe So when I say “I need some space” Please don’t hear “You matter less to me” [Choir] You matter You matter You matter still [Lead] And I matter too [All Vocals] LOVE HAS ROOM FOR BOTH TO BE TRUE [Final Refrain: music gradually pulls back] I can love you deeply And still go home I can miss you terribly And need to be alone I can care for many people Without measuring who is more The heart can be a house With many windows And still need One quiet room [Outro: piano and soft choir] [Soft Vocal] More hearts than hours More love than time [Whispered Choir] Make room Make room [Lead] For everyone I love And some… for mine [Final unresolved chord]
