Keep you Warm

[Verse 1]
I hold the door too long
I read the room for signs
I give away my coat
When yours is lost in mine
I keep the soup hot
I keep the phone on loud
I want your hands less tense
I want your chest less loud

[Pre-Chorus]
If you lean, I catch
If you break, I bend
I build a little peace
And try to make it end
With you safe beside me
With your eyes less wide
I chase that quiet place
Like it’s mine to find

[Chorus]
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
I want to be the calm
In the middle of the shake
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
But if I miss the mark
I feel it in my face
I feel it in my chest
I feel it in my hands
(keep you warm)

[Verse 2]
And when the day goes wrong
I replay every word
Did I say enough?
Did I make it heard?
I check the little things
The cup, the seat, the light
Like love is in the margins
And safety is a night

[Pre-Chorus]
If you lean, I catch
If you break, I bend
I build a little peace
And try to make it end
With you safe beside me
With your eyes less wide
I chase that quiet place
Like it’s mine to find

[Chorus]
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
I want to be the calm
In the middle of the shake
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
But if I miss the mark
I feel it in my face
I feel it in my chest
I feel it in my hands
(keep you warm)

[Bridge]
Who taught me I must earn
Every gentle thing?
Like I’m only good
If I can make you sing
Maybe love is here
Even in the doubt
Even when my hands
Are the ones shaking out

[Final Chorus]
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
I want to be the calm
In the middle of the shake
I want to keep you warm
I want to keep you safe
And when I miss the mark
I’ll still come back the same
I’ll still come back again
I’ll still come back and stand
(keep you warm)