Give Without Becoming God

[Verse 1]
I leave a chair at every table
Call it care, call it grace
I learn the shape of every sorrow
Then wear it on my face

A message waits, I answer quickly
A promise blooms, I take the blame
If every heart can use my hands
Who am I when no one calls my name?

[Pre-Chorus]
Is this mercy or a mirror?
Do I give, or do I need
Every room to hold my portrait
In the language of the bleed?

[Chorus]
Do I love you, or love being needed?
Do I open the door, or need it left ajar?
If I carry everybody home
Am I kind, or just counting how far?

I keep pouring from the same bright cup
Tell myself the spill is proof
But if I need your eyes upon me
Is the offering still true?

[Verse 2]
I know the birthdays, know the breakups
Keep spare batteries and keys
I can turn a quiet kitchen
Into somewhere you can breathe

Then I wait beside the silence
For a thank-you shaped like light
When it doesn't come, I wonder
Was I helping, or auditioning tonight?

[Pre-Chorus]
Is this mercy or a mirror?
Do I give, or do I feed
Every fear that says I'm nothing
Unless someone leans on me?

[Chorus]
Do I love you, or love being needed?
Do I open the door, or need it left ajar?
If I carry everybody home
Am I kind, or just counting how far?

I keep pouring from the same bright cup
Tell myself the spill is proof
But if I need your eyes upon me
Is the offering still true?

[Bridge]
Maybe kindness has a boundary
Maybe love can leave some room
Maybe I can let you face the weather
Without calling it abandonment too soon

I can give and not be witnessed
I can stay and not control
Let your life remain your own life
Let my hands come back whole

[Final Chorus]
I can love you without being needed
I can open the door, then let you choose
If I carry only what is mine
There is more of me to give, and less to prove

I keep pouring, but the cup is honest
No applause, no debt, no claim
If your freedom is the answer
Then my love can lose my name

[Outro]
Not every open hand is holy
Not every hunger makes a fraud
I will learn the difference slowly
And give without becoming God