I Found You When My Hands

[Verse 1]
You came in laughing at the wrong old joke,
I knew the tune, but my throat stayed closed.
I’ve spent my yes on a hundred passing names,
And kept the dull receipts of all those flames.
You look at me like I could still begin;
I count the ways I’ve given everything thin.

[Pre-Chorus]
You deserve a heart that arrives whole,
Not this late account with a missing soul.

[Chorus]
I found you when my hands were empty,
But my heart was already spent.
You deserve a love that meets you fully;
I can’t fake what I haven’t kept.
If timing had a kinder face,
I’d give you more than this—
I found you, I found you,
When I had nothing left to give.

[Verse 2]
I learned each promise till it lost its sound,
Let every almost wear the good parts down.
Now you say my name, and it lands so clear,
The kind of truth I should have saved for here.

[Breakdown]
You deserve more.
I know you do.
I’m not the answer
I wanted to be.

[Final Chorus]
I found you when my hands were empty,
But my heart was already spent.
You deserve a love that meets you fully;
I can’t fake what I haven’t kept.
If timing had a kinder face,
I’d give you more than this—
I found you, I found you,
And I’m sorry I came like this.
[Outro]
I’m sorry I came like this.