Recipe for My Heart

[Verse 1]
I spent my yes on borrowed names,
Kept every promise burning bright.
Then you came in, flour on your sleeve,
And made the kitchen feel like home.

[Pre-Chorus]
The jar was sealed before I knew
What I was saving it all for.

[Chorus]
I’m past the date, still on the shelf,
The missing taste in somebody’s meal.
You’re the one I should have met
Before I gave the best of me away.
Now I’m boxed up, watching you go,
The perfect table set below.
I found my life too late to start—
You were the recipe for my heart.

[Verse 2]
I gave my hands to other fires,
Said “always” till the word wore thin.
Now there’s a lock across the door,
And all my good intentions spoil within.

[Pre-Chorus]
You laugh; the room turns warm and wide.
I’m sealed behind the glass tonight.

[Chorus]
I’m past the date, still on the shelf,
The missing taste in somebody’s meal.
You’re the one I should have met
Before I gave the best of me away.
Now I’m boxed up, watching you go,
The perfect table set below.
I found my life too late to start—
You were the recipe for my heart.

[Bridge]
If time could take one vow back,
I’d keep my name, my hands, my hunger.
But every label has its fact:
Some doors close while you’re getting younger.

[Final Chorus]
I’m past the date, still on the shelf,
The missing taste in somebody’s meal.
You’re the one I should have met
Before I gave the best of me away.
Now I’m boxed up, watching you go,
The perfect table set below.
I found my life too late to start—
You were the recipe for my heart.

[Outro]
You were the recipe for my heart.