[Verse 1] You tied a thread beneath my ribs So fine I called it air It tugged whenever you went quiet I felt you everywhere [Pre-Chorus] Your pulse pulled mine through paper walls A living line beneath the skin I held you up; you held me down And neither knew where we began [Chorus] I love you with the cord still wound A tender knot, a tightening sound If I cut free, you bleed with me If I stay bound, I cannot breathe I want you whole, I want me too What does a clean cut make of you? [Verse 2] We fed it every swallowed word It thickened, warm and red A soft anatomy of need That grew between our beds You smiled; the tether cinched again I smiled so you would stay The hurt was proof we mattered Until it took the day [Pre-Chorus] Your pulse pulled mine through paper walls A living line beneath the skin I held you up; you held me down And neither knew where we began [Chorus] I love you with the cord still wound A tender knot, a tightening sound If I cut free, you bleed with me If I stay bound, I cannot breathe I want you whole, I want me too What does a clean cut make of you? [Bridge] Look at me—this isn’t all your fault Look at me—I’m not your only ground One hand shaking, one hand on the blade One small mercy neither of us made I’ll take the wound; you take the air We can grieve the thread and still be there [Final Chorus] I loved you with the cord still wound A tender knot, a tightening sound I cut us loose; we both still bleed But now there’s room for either need I want you whole, I want me too The scar can hold what love once knew [Outro] The line is gone The ache is real Your hand is yours My heart can heal
