I Was More Myself

[Verse 1]
You knew the joke before I told it
Saw the brave face start to fold
We took the long way past the bakery
Spent our last coins on something warm

[Pre-Chorus]
Some hands meet us for a mile
Still they change the road we take

[Chorus]
You were here, and I was more myself
We made a little joy that still belongs to us
Even when the miles pull different ways
What we gave each other doesn’t disappear
You were here, and I was more myself

[Verse 2]
You taught me how to miss a train
Without declaring the day a loss
I lent you my old red scarf
You came back laughing at the frayed ends

[Pre-Chorus]
Every goodbye leaves a sentence
I can carry, I can use

[Chorus]
You were here, and I was more myself
We made a little joy that still belongs to us
Even when the miles pull different ways
What we gave each other doesn’t disappear
You were here, and I was more myself

[Bridge]
No promise has to last forever
To be true while it is here
Say my name the way you did then
I’ll remember how it felt to be seen

[Final Chorus]
You were here, and I was more myself
We made a little joy that still belongs to us
Even when the miles pull different ways
What we gave each other doesn’t disappear
You were here, and I was more myself
[Group Chant]
Here, and more myself
Here, and more myself

[Outro]
We carry what we gave
We carry what we gave