One Heart, Here Tonight

[Verse 1]
You keep your Sunday shirt on through the storm
You say, “It’s fine,” while your hands still shake
Another promise folded in your coat
Another door you thought would stay awake

I’ve seen you give the best of you away
To someone who could barely hold it right
If I could take the hurt from every face
I’d sit beside you till the morning light

[Pre-Chorus]
I want to be the place you can come home
The steady arms that never make you prove
But every time I try to split my heart
I learn how small one life can move

[Chorus]
I would give you the love you deserve
Every patient word, every safe return
I would gather the pieces they left on the floor
But there’s only one of me, and so many more
I can’t be every shelter, every open door
There’s only one of me, and so many more

[Verse 2]
You ask if staying kind is foolish now
I tell you no, though I have no cure
I watch you risk your heart another time
And hate how hope can leave you less secure

If love were something I could hand around
I’d leave enough for everyone to keep
But I can’t mend the whole world with these hands
Or promise I’ll be there in every grief

[Pre-Chorus]
I want to be the place you can come home
The steady arms that never make you prove
But every time I try to split my heart
I learn how small one life can move

[Chorus]
I would give you the love you deserve
Every patient word, every safe return
I would gather the pieces they left on the floor
But there’s only one of me, and so many more
I can’t be every shelter, every open door
There’s only one of me, and so many more

[Bridge]
So let me stay for this one honest night
No grand rescue, no vow I can’t keep
Just your name spoken gently in the room
Just a hand to hold while you breathe

[Final Chorus]
I would give you the love you deserve
Every patient word, every safe return
I would gather the pieces they left on the floor
Though there’s only one of me, I can still give more
I can’t be every shelter, every open door
But I’ll love you right here, as I am, as I’m yours

[Outro]
As I am, as I’m yours
One heart, here tonight