Somewhere love became conditional Warm in reach, then unavailable Distance shouldn't change what a person means Or leave the worst to fill what can't be seen Ordinary quiet shouldn't wreck a day Or make the body mourn what hasn't gone away Yet here it comes, that old familiar bruise The fear I'll matter less when there's more to choose It's humiliating, hurting this hard Over a wound that hasn't happened so far Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose Carry me somewhere beneath all the chatter Where distance doesn't change what I mean to you Your life can get loud, your whole world can move I won't ask either to make space on cue Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose Space between people once felt harmless Now tenderness arrives with darkness Kindness touches down, and my stomach turns Already scared of how badly losing it burns Anything precious gets held with care As though looking away means it won't be there God, what happened to the woman who knew Being loved didn't end when attention moved? Somewhere inside, there's a terrified plea Remember what I meant when you can't see me Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose Carry me somewhere beneath all the chatter Where distance doesn't change what I mean to you Your life can get loud, your whole world can move I won't ask either to make space on cue Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose A tender word could settle me tonight My whole body would swear we're alright That's the cruelest truth I've had to face Relief wears love so well from far away Years spent reaching taught these hands too well How heaven can borrow the habits of hell Now anything reaching back feels true When all I've wanted was to matter to you Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose Carry me somewhere beneath all the chatter Where distance doesn't change what I mean to you When life gets full, when your whole world moves I want my place to mean more than its use Please let me matter Even when I'm not the easiest to choose Being held was always the easier part Distance is where I learned to doubt my heart So leave me with one thing I can trust as true Being out of sight doesn't make me less to you
