Too Late for What I Had

[Verse 1]
You showed up gentle, speaking plain
I felt the old alarms begin again
I knew your laugh before I knew your name
And hated how my heart had learned to spend

[Pre-Chorus]
I gave away the best of me in pieces
To hands that never asked what it would cost
Now you are here, and every honest feeling
Arrives beside the things I’ve already lost

[Chorus]
You deserve a love that isn’t rationed
A steady yes, a heart that can stay whole
I want to meet you where you’re standing
But I’ve spent my tenderness on everyone before
You found me when the well ran low
I wish I’d saved some life to give you more

[Verse 2]
Your patience makes the truth harder to hide
You don’t deserve my careful almost-love
I watch you offer kindness without price
And feel the distance in what I can’t become

[Bridge]
If I could return each borrowed promise
I’d bring them back and leave my hands unspent
But time won’t make a different witness
And wanting you can’t mend what I have spent

[Final Chorus]
You deserve a love that isn’t rationed
A steady yes, a heart that can stay whole
I want to meet you where you’re standing
But I’ve spent my tenderness on everyone before
You found me when the well ran low
I wish I’d saved some life to give you more

[Outro]
You came at the right time for my heart
Too late for what I had to give