Half Truth Lantern

[Verse 1]
I keep a tray of glass in my chest
one wrong step and the whole thing cracks
I smile with a paper mouth
while the basement floods my shoes

A lamp in the corner knows too much
it leans when I walk by
every secret wears a different coat
every coat has my name inside

[Pre-Chorus]
If you could see
the knots in me
you’d find the thread
and not let go

I’m split clean down
the middle line
still asking love
to touch both sides

[Chorus]
Hold all of me
hold all of me
the safe and the ruin
the bruise and the bloom

Hold all of me
hold all of me
I’m half a storm
and half coming home

[Verse 2]
I juggle matchbooks in a raincoat pocket
send sparks through the fabric seams
my alibis are hummingbirds
with mirrors tied to their knees

I built a little stage of bones
where my fears wear better clothes
then I bowed to the empty room
like it might say, stay

[Pre-Chorus]
If you could see
the static lace
around my thoughts
when you get near

I’m a locked door
with a window bent
I want your hand
to pass right through

[Chorus]
Hold all of me
hold all of me
the safe and the ruin
the bruise and the bloom

Hold all of me
hold all of me
I’m half a storm
and half coming home

[Bridge]
I am the altar
I am the ash
I am the coin
with two bright faces

If you stay close
don’t flinch at the shape
I come in fragments
and that’s the point

[Final Chorus]
Hold all of me
hold all of me
the safe and the ruin
the bruise and the bloom

Hold all of me
hold all of me
I’m half a storm
and half coming home

Hold all of me
hold all of me
I’m a cracked bowl
still carrying light