Paper Thin Mercy

[Verse 1]
I hold your hurt like glass
Both hands, both careful
I learn your weather fast
I keep you from the awful

I know where your pain sits
I know what words to say
But when it comes to me
I leave the door that way

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause if I let me in
I know what I would do
I'd make a vow, then bend it
I'd hurt the one I knew

So I stay out here
I stay small, I stay kind
I can save a thousand hearts
Just not this one of mine

[Chorus]
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
But not for me, not for me

I know what I would break
I know what I would lose
So I give away the healing
And I leave the wound for you

[Verse 2]
I bring soup when you can't eat
I call when you go quiet
I sit through your bad news
Like it’s sacred in the silence

I tell you you're enough
I tell you don't give up
Then I swallow all my hunger
And I never ask for love

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause if I let me in
I'd ask the world to stay
Then I'd miss every promise
On the first hard day

So I keep my hands full
With everybody else
I can carry all your pieces
Just not my own myself

[Chorus]
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
But not for me, not for me

I know what I would break
I know what I would lose
So I give away the healing
And I leave the wound for you

[Bridge]
If I touched that hope
I'd have to let it die
If I said "I need you"
I'd hear the crack inside

So I wear your burden
Like a coat that fits too well
And I call it being gentle
When it's really just a cell

[Final Chorus]
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
But not for me, not for me

Maybe one day I'll stay
Maybe one day I'll choose
Till then I keep on saving
What I can't yet give to you

[Outro]
I got mercy for you
I got mercy for you
But not for me