[ (C) 2026 Joseph M Lenard media SEND US FEEDBACK (via CTP Show): https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/fan_mail/new - https://tinyurl.com/SubscribeToCTP - CTP Audios: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBuzzsprout - CTP Videos: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBITCHUTE - https://tinyurl.com/CTPgear - https://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitGear - AI images/videos/audio CTP uses: https://tinyurl.com/GalaxyMagicaAI - https://tinyurl.com/BookPromotionViaFiverr - other services: https://fiverr.com/jlenarddetroit ] [Verse 1] You take your coffee black at 7:12 Scroll past the mirror and fix your collar by yourself Put the groceries away, set the keys by the bowl You keep the house running, keep a hand on the wheel You know the exact way your face goes still When somebody asks if you’re okay and you say “I will” You don’t wait around for a rescue call You learned how to stand, learned how not to fall [Pre-Chorus] And I see it You don’t need much from anyone else You’ve got a whole language for taking care of yourself [Chorus] No one could love you As much as you do yourself You know where the cuts are And you know how to help No one could hold you The way you hold your own name If the room goes quiet You’re still the one who stays [Verse 2] You keep receipts in your jacket sleeve Old bus passes, a note from May you never threw away You fix the loose screw on the bathroom door Then laugh like that’s just what hands are for You don’t make a show of getting back up You just tie your hair, grab the bag, and keep moving on All that tenderness, tucked under your skin Not loud, not cheap, but it lives within [Pre-Chorus] And I see it You don’t need much from anyone else You’ve got a whole language for taking care of yourself [Chorus] No one could love you As much as you do yourself You know where the cuts are And you know how to help No one could hold you The way you hold your own name If the room goes quiet You’re still the one who stays [Bridge] Maybe that’s the part they miss They think you’re distant, think you’re hard to read But you’ve been showing up for years In a hundred small ways nobody sees [Final Chorus] No one could love you As much as you do yourself You know where the cuts are And you know how to help No one could hold you The way you hold your own name If the room goes quiet You’re still the one who stays [Outro] No one could love you Not the way you know your own hands You learned that long ago And that’s how you stand
