[Verse 1] If I give you half my heart And give another person half Someone says the numbers fail Someone says the math won't last But affection isn't currency It doesn't vanish when it's spent Every person adds a language To what being human meant [Chorus] It's impossible arithmetic One plus one becomes a thousand Every person that I care for Builds another room around them But time is still a finite thing And bodies only stand one place So my heart keeps making infinities My life can never accommodate [Verse 2] That's the cruel part of abundance Having more love than hours Knowing every precious garden Cannot always get your flowers I have learned that good intentions Cannot manufacture time And sometimes loving somebody Means admitting there's a line [Bridge] I won't measure love by access I won't measure love by days Some people change you permanently Then travel separate ways [Outro] The numbers never balance Still I wouldn't subtract a name
