Keeper and the Runaway

[Verse 1]
I make a list beside the sink
Of all the things I said I'd do
The paper curls beneath the glass
While every line pulls me from you

[Pre-Chorus]
One hand holds tight to what is owed
One hand reaches past the door
Both are mine, both know your name
Both keep asking me for more

[Chorus]
I am the keeper and the runaway
The steady voice, the storm that won't sit still
I want the life that waits beyond these walls
And I love the ones I'm standing here with still
If I can't make the pieces all agree
Let every piece keep reaching back to me

[Verse 2]
Your coat is hanging by the stairs
The little shoes are turned around
I hear you laughing in the next room
And feel the miles inside this house

[Pre-Chorus]
I count the cost, I count the years
I count the faces that I love
The selfish self says, “Choose your own way”
The kinder one says, “Stay enough”

[Chorus]
I am the keeper and the runaway
The steady voice, the storm that won't sit still
I want the life that waits beyond these walls
And I love the ones I'm standing here with still
If I can't make the pieces all agree
Let every piece keep reaching back to me

[Bridge]
I won't call care a chain
I won't call wanting wrong
I'll carry both the promise and the ache
Until the two can walk along

[Final Chorus]
I am the keeper and the runaway
The steady voice, the storm that won't sit still
I want a life that leaves room for us all
And love the ones who make this life feel real
If I can't make the pieces all agree
I'll build a wider place for you and me

[Outro]
The list can wait beside the sink
I hear your footsteps; I come in