[Verse 1] I leave a chair at every table Call it care, call it grace I learn the shape of every sorrow Then wear it on my face A message waits, I answer quickly A promise blooms, I take the blame If every heart can use my hands Who am I when no one calls my name? [Pre-Chorus] Is this mercy or a mirror? Do I give, or do I need Every room to hold my portrait In the language of the bleed? [Chorus] Do I love you, or love being needed? Do I open the door, or need it left ajar? If I carry everybody home Am I kind, or just counting how far? I keep pouring from the same bright cup Tell myself the spill is proof But if I need your eyes upon me Is the offering still true? [Verse 2] I know the birthdays, know the breakups Keep spare batteries and keys I can turn a quiet kitchen Into somewhere you can breathe Then I wait beside the silence For a thank-you shaped like light When it doesn't come, I wonder Was I helping, or auditioning tonight? [Pre-Chorus] Is this mercy or a mirror? Do I give, or do I feed Every fear that says I'm nothing Unless someone leans on me? [Chorus] Do I love you, or love being needed? Do I open the door, or need it left ajar? If I carry everybody home Am I kind, or just counting how far? I keep pouring from the same bright cup Tell myself the spill is proof But if I need your eyes upon me Is the offering still true? [Bridge] Maybe kindness has a boundary Maybe love can leave some room Maybe I can let you face the weather Without calling it abandonment too soon I can give and not be witnessed I can stay and not control Let your life remain your own life Let my hands come back whole [Final Chorus] I can love you without being needed I can open the door, then let you choose If I carry only what is mine There is more of me to give, and less to prove I keep pouring, but the cup is honest No applause, no debt, no claim If your freedom is the answer Then my love can lose my name [Outro] Not every open hand is holy Not every hunger makes a fraud I will learn the difference slowly And give without becoming God
