Grafted In

[Verse 1]
You came in quiet, a seed beneath my ribs
By morning, roots had wrapped around my breath
I learned your pulse beside my own
A second heart that beat in borrowed flesh

[Pre-Chorus]
They say the body knows what it can lose
But nobody tells the wound what it remembers

[Chorus]
I grew you in the hollow under my sternum
Soft as a bud, stubborn as bone
I can live without the piece you’ve become
But I’ll never be the shape I was alone
Love is a garden that takes what it needs
And leaves its roots when somebody leaves

[Verse 2]
Your laugh took hold behind my teeth
Your absence keeps flowering when I sleep
I carry every name in muscle and scar
A crowded little orchard under the skin

[Grime Break]
You were not a guest, you were grafted in
Thread by thread, where the old walls split
Now the surgeon asks what I want to save
I say your name—and the whole room shakes

[Bridge]
If I cut you out, I’ll keep on breathing
If I keep you, I keep on bleeding
Tell me which hurt means I loved you more
Tell me what a body is for

[Final Chorus]
I grew you in the hollow under my sternum
Soft as a bud, stubborn as bone
I can live without the piece you’ve become
But I’ll never be the shape I was alone
Love is a garden that takes what it needs
And leaves its roots—
Leaves its roots in me

[Outro]
Still breathing
Still changed
Still making room