A Little Room

[Verse 1]
I keep a ledger in the kitchen drawer
Names beside the cracks I couldn’t close
You call, I come with both hands full
Then leave with less than I suppose

I learned to make a shelter out of me
A room with every window facing out
But every guest takes one small piece of wall
And I’m the one still standing in the house

[Pre-Chorus]
I want your hurt to have somewhere to go
I want your heart to feel its weight let go
But tell me, when I give away the frame
Who holds the door when I can’t hold my name?

[Chorus]
I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine
Can’t be every harbor, every shore
I love you, I love you—still I need a line
A little room to be a person more
If I open every door, I disappear
So let me stay, and let me love you here

[Verse 2]
Your blue mug waits beside the sink
A chipped rim catching morning tea
You said, “I’m fine,” and watched my face
As if my answer set you free

I know the shape of being needed
The warm relief, the quiet cost
I’ve carried people past their winter
Then wondered where my own spring got lost

[Pre-Chorus]
I want your hurt to have somewhere to go
I want your heart to feel its weight let go
But care can’t mean I vanish from the room
A root needs dirt; a heart needs room to bloom

[Chorus]
I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine
Can’t be every harbor, every shore
I love you, I love you—still I need a line
A little room to be a person more
If I open every door, I disappear
So let me stay, and let me love you here

[Bridge]
I’m not a cure, I’m not a chapel
I’m a hand that sometimes shakes
I can sit beside your sorrow
Without taking every ache
You can lean, but I can answer
You can call, and I can rest
Love is not a borrowed body
Love leaves both of us intact

[Final Chorus]
I can’t mend every heart by breaking mine
But I can meet you where we are
I love you, I love you—let the boundary shine
Not a wall, just where I start
If I keep a little room, I can stay near
And give you love that doesn’t disappear

[Outro]
Your blue mug, my chipped plate
Two lives at the same small table
I’m still here; you’re still here
That is more than I was able