Love Without The Fear

[Verse 1]
I used to make a promise at the kitchen sink
Then give the same soft answer before I’d even think
Your name in one hand, another at the door
I kept mistaking open arms for having more

[Pre-Chorus]
If love could settle where I set it down
If every yes did not get passed around

[Chorus]
I wish love was simple, one clear line to follow
One heart, one home, not every open hollow
I want to give my whole attention somewhere true
Not split my tenderness in pieces meant for you
I wish my heart could learn to hold its focus
And give its love without the fear that breaks and scatters

[Verse 2]
I know the names I’ve carried like a coat in rain
The half-kept vows, the careful words that hid the strain
I never meant to make a crowded room of care
But every time I tried to love, I left it everywhere

[Pre-Chorus]
If love could settle where I set it down
If every yes did not get passed around

[Chorus]
I wish love was simple, one clear line to follow
One heart, one home, not every open hollow
I want to give my whole attention somewhere true
Not split my tenderness in pieces meant for you
I wish my heart could learn to hold its focus
And give its love without the fear that breaks and scatters

[Bridge]
Let me be honest when I cannot stay
Let me stop calling drift another way
I want a love that knows the shape of its own hands
A steady choice, a place to understand

[Final Chorus]
I wish love was simple, one clear line to follow
One heart, one home, no borrowed tomorrow
I want to give my whole attention somewhere true
And let my love be clear in what I choose
I wish my heart could learn to hold its focus
And give its love without the fear that breaks and scatters

[Outro]
One heart, one home
A love I choose, and let it grow