Beyond My Holding

[Verse 1]
You give your daylight out in handfuls
Then wonder where your own went
I watch you turn toward every pleading voice
While mine keeps changing pitch

[Pre-Chorus]
I can choose what leaves my hands
I can't choose what comes back

[Chorus]
Give what you can, let the rest arrive
I can't steer every heart in motion
Give what you can, keep your own alive
Some things move beyond my holding

[Verse 2]
Your plans pull east, my promise pulls west
A third small need keeps calling
I keep mistaking care for command
As if love could stop the falling

[Pre-Chorus]
I can choose what leaves my hands
I can't choose what comes back

[Chorus]
Give what you can, let the rest arrive
I can't steer every heart in motion
Give what you can, keep your own alive
Some things move beyond my holding

[Bridge]
If I loosen my grip on the outcome
Does the kindness still count?
I don't know—so I offer it plainly
And let the answer be out of my hands

[Final Chorus]
Give what you can, let the rest arrive
I can't steer every heart in motion
Give what you can, keep your own alive
Some things move beyond my holding
[Outro]
What I can give, I give; the rest can turn