One of Me

[Verse 1]
You bring your careful heart in both hands
Like something they promised to protect
I watch you explain away the damage
Then gather what they left
You still set a place for tenderness
Though the table's been turned cold
I want to give you what you came for
But my two hands can't hold it all

[Pre-Chorus]
I could stay until the morning
I could swear I'd never leave
But a promise isn't shelter
If it's more than I can be

[Chorus]
I want to give you the love you deserve
Every soft and steady thing
For every time they made you wonder
If your heart was worth keeping
I'd take the hurt from every doorway
I'd make a home where you could start
But there is only one of me
And too many hearts

[Verse 2]
You tell me, "Maybe I'm the problem"
While you mend another tear
I see the good you keep on offering
To people who disappear
If I could split myself in pieces
I'd leave one with each of you
But love is not a thing I multiply
Just because I want it to

[Pre-Chorus]
I can listen, I can hold you
I can tell you what I see
But I can't become a lifetime
For everyone who needs me

[Chorus]
I want to give you the love you deserve
Every soft and steady thing
For every time they made you wonder
If your heart was worth keeping
I'd take the hurt from every doorway
I'd make a home where you could start
But there is only one of me
And too many hearts

[Bridge]
So let me be here, not your answer
Let me sit beside the ache
You don't have to earn a kindness
You don't have to stay for pain
And when you find the arms that meet you
May they mean the words they say
I can't be everyone you needed
But I won't look away

[Final Chorus]
I want to give you the love you deserve
Every patient, honest thing
May you never have to bargain
For the care your heart can bring
I'd take the hurt from every doorway
I'd make a home where you could start
There is only one of me
But I can give you my heart

[Outro]
One of me
Still here with you