Keep a Little Love for Me

[Verse 1]
I learned every birthday, every favorite song
Held their broken hours till the hurt moved on
I kept spare forgiveness folded in my sleeve
Gave away the parts of me I meant to keep

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the room goes quiet when somebody stays
I count all the exits, I rehearse escape
How can I be chosen, how can I be known
When I spent my whole heart making theirs a home?

[Chorus]
I gave too much love away
Till my hands forgot their shape
Now you reach for me and I
Feel like something counterfeit
I poured myself through every door
Left no river at the source
If you call me worthy, I
Won't know what you mean by it

[Verse 2]
I know who needs a ride, who needs a place to sleep
Who hides the sharpest grief beneath a joke too deep
I can make a stranger feel less alone by dawn
Then come back to my own bed and find myself gone

[Pre-Chorus]
Every name is written somewhere underneath my skin
Every promise I protected left a vacancy within
You say I don't owe you, but I hear the old refrain
Love is only useful if it asks me for a name

[Chorus]
I gave too much love away
Till my hands forgot their shape
Now you reach for me and I
Feel like something counterfeit
I poured myself through every door
Left no river at the source
If you call me worthy, I
Won't know what you mean by it

[Bridge]
Maybe love is not a debt
Maybe I can keep some breath
For the morning, for the bed
For the words I never said
Let the phone ring through the wall
I don't have to catch them all
If I save one piece tonight
It can teach the rest to fight

[Instrumental]

[Final Chorus]
I gave too much love away
But my hands can learn their shape
When you reach for me, I might
Let the door stay open a bit
I poured myself through every door
Now I know what roots are for
If you call me worthy, I
May believe you when you say it

[Outro]
I am more than what I gave
More than every life I saved
Keep a little love for me
Keep a little love for me