The Price of Real [Verse 1] I used to keep myself so closed Neat and tidy, safe and small Didn't want to risk the drop So I never climbed at all But then you came and cracked me open Showed me what I'd been without All that careful self-protection Was just loneliness dressed up as doubt [Pre-Chorus] And loving you costs something Every open door lets in the cold But a locked-up heart stays empty And I'm done with living small and cold [Chorus] This is the price of real The ache of having something true The risk you take when you decide To let someone all the way through I know it makes me fragile I know the ground is far below But I would rather feel the height of this Than never let myself go [Verse 2] There are people who protect themselves Who never put their heart out there I understand the logic of it I just can't make myself not care Because something in the way you see me Makes the armour feel like loss And I know that I am open now I know exactly what that costs [Pre-Chorus] And loving you costs something Every open door lets in the cold But I've seen what locked doors keep me from And I'm done with all of that now [Chorus] This is the price of real The ache of having something true The risk you take when you decide To let someone all the way through I know it makes me fragile I know the ground is far below But I would rather feel the height of this Than never let myself go [Bridge] It's not that it hurts me It's that I can be hurt There's a difference between Carrying pain and knowing pain exists And I choose knowing [Outro Chorus] This is the price of real And I would pay it every time To have something worth the tenderness To have something that is mine I know it makes me open I know the ground is far below But I would rather feel the height of this Than never let myself go Than never let myself go
