Take It Apart

[Verse 1]
I wrote my name across the glass
Then watched the letters lose their claim
If I take down what held me fast
Who pays the cost besides my name?

[Pre-Chorus]
You know the seams I learned to hide
You know the jokes I use to stay
If I unmake the practiced side
Will you still know what I can’t say?

[Chorus]
Take it apart, but count us in
I won’t pretend the cut is clean
I need to quit the shape I’m in
Without erasing what you mean
Take it apart, but count us in

[Verse 2]
Your voice comes back through broken time
A small refrain I can’t dismiss
I’ve called the old disguise a spine
And called its weight the price of this

[Bridge]
If I change, I change in view
Not as a verdict on you

[Final Chorus]
Take it apart, but count us in
I won’t pretend the cut is clean
I need to quit the shape I’m in
Without erasing what you mean