MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS

[Intro: soft piano, distant room tone]

[Spoken, intimate]
The heart can make room.

The calendar is less generous.

[Verse 1: piano and light strings]

I love the way one person laughs
The way another always asks
If I got home
If I ate
If I need a little space

I love the ones who call at midnight
The ones who sit with me in daylight
The ones who know the oldest scars
And those I’ve only just begun to know

[Backing Vocals, soft]
So many rooms
So many lights

[Lead]
And somehow all of them feel bright

[Pre-Chorus]

But every yes
Creates a no
Somewhere else I meant to go

And every hand I choose to hold
Leaves another hand out in the cold

[Chorus: full band blooms]

I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS
MORE LOVE THAN TIME

So many beautiful people
I want to keep inside my life

And I don’t want your light diminished
Because I need a night alone

I don’t want space to sound like distance
Or silence to sound like gone

I’m trying to love you
Without disappearing too

[Verse 2: steady drums enter]

I learned that care can turn to panic
When every moment feels demanded

Reply right now
Stay a bit
Prove that nothing here has shifted

And I understand the fear behind it
Because I feel it in myself

That if affection changes shape
Maybe love is leaving on the shelf

[Backing Vocals]
Hold me
See me
Choose me
Stay

[Lead]
How do you reassure a heart
Without giving all your days away?

[Pre-Chorus]

Love is not a ranking board
But time can make it look that way

One dinner missed
One message late
And suddenly a heart may say

“Am I less?”

[Pause]

No.

But I understand
Why it can feel that way

[Chorus]

I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS
MORE LOVE THAN TIME

So many beautiful people
I want to keep inside my life

And I don’t want your light diminished
Because I need a night alone

I don’t want space to sound like distance
Or silence to sound like gone

I’m trying to love you
Without disappearing too

[Bridge: drums drop, piano only]

Maybe loving well
Means telling the truth

Before exhaustion starts to speak for you

Maybe saying
“I need tonight”

Is kinder than arriving
With nothing left inside

Maybe nobody wins
If I give until I’m hollow

Then wake up with no tenderness
Remaining for tomorrow

[String swell]

I want to show up whole

Not perfect

Not endlessly available

Whole

[Verse 3: hopeful build]

So I’ll make the plans
And miss some too

I’ll send the message
Say “I love you”

I’ll guard the quiet
Keep the door

Open enough to love some more

I’ll trust that people who know my heart
Won’t count affection like a chart

And when somebody needs more care
We’ll name it honestly right there

[Backing Vocals]
No guessing
No score
No keeping count

[Lead]
Love can stretch
But people burn out

[Final Chorus: huge key change]

I’VE GOT MORE HEARTS THAN HOURS
MORE LOVE THAN TIME

But maybe loving beautifully
Means learning how to draw the lines

Not walls
Not locks
Not disappearing

Just enough room to breathe

So when I say
“I need some space”

Please don’t hear
“You matter less to me”

[Choir]
You matter
You matter
You matter still

[Lead]
And I matter too

[All Vocals]
LOVE HAS ROOM FOR BOTH TO BE TRUE

[Final Refrain: music gradually pulls back]

I can love you deeply
And still go home

I can miss you terribly
And need to be alone

I can care for many people
Without measuring who is more

The heart can be a house
With many windows

And still need
One quiet room

[Outro: piano and soft choir]

[Soft Vocal]
More hearts than hours

More love than time

[Whispered Choir]
Make room
Make room

[Lead]
For everyone I love

And some…

for mine

[Final unresolved chord]