Let It Hold Me Close

[Verse 1]
I count the ways I let you down
Then turn the blame against my name
You say, “I’m here,” I look away
As if your care could make me change

[Pre-Chorus]
But your hands are steady when I shake
Your words don’t ask me to be blameless

[Chorus]
I can take the love you give
I can let it reach me whole
Even when I want to pay
For every wrong I’ve done
I am more than what I broke
I can hear you say I’m loved
I can take the love you give
And let it hold me close

[Verse 2]
I keep rehearsing every fault
Like punishment could make it right
You meet my eyes and stay with me
You don’t make me earn your light

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t have to disappear
To make your kindness feel deserved

[Chorus]
I can take the love you give
I can let it reach me whole
Even when I want to pay
For every wrong I’ve done
I am more than what I broke
I can hear you say I’m loved
I can take the love you give
And let it hold me close

[Bridge]
I was taught to call it weakness
To receive what you bring near
Now I let your tenderness stay
Without making it a debt to clear

[Final Chorus]
I can take the love you give
I can let it reach me whole
Even when I want to pay
For every wrong I’ve done
I am more than what I broke
I can hear you say I’m loved
I can take the love you give
And let it hold me close

[Outro]
I can let it hold me close