With a Crack Running Straight

[Verse 1]
You bring me the names from the waiting-room chairs
A brother gone quiet, a mother who cares
I gather their pieces and promise them whole
Then find little splinters lodged under my soul

I learn every tremor, remember each door
I carry your winter, then carry one more
My hands reach for everyone calling my name
While somewhere inside me, the seams come undone all the same

[Pre-Chorus]
How much can a heart give away
Before it forgets where to rest?
I keep making room at the table
With a crack running straight through my chest

[Chorus]
I want to mend every heart I can hold
Give them the tenderness no one was told
But the more that I love, the more I divide
A room full of people, still nowhere inside
Tell me, can care be a bridge and a burden?
Can I stay whole while I open the door?
I want to give all the love they deserve
And learn I am someone worth saving, too

[Verse 2]
Your coat on my chair, your note by the sink
A list of small things I forgot to drink
I answer the late call, I cancel my plans
Then stare at my own two unsteady hands

I’m not made of stone, I’m not made of spare
There’s only so much of me I can spare
So let me say softly, and mean what I say:
I can love you deeply and pause for a day

[Bridge]
Not every wound is mine to close
Not every road is mine to pave
I can sit beside your sorrow
Without pretending I can save
And if my voice goes thin and tired
If I need a little room
Let that boundary be a kindness
Let it make more life to bloom

[Final Chorus]
I want to mend every heart I can hold
Give them the tenderness no one was told
But the more that I love, the more I divide
A room full of people, still nowhere inside
Now I’ll keep a place at the table for me
No less compassion, just space to breathe
I want to give all the love they deserve
And learn I am someone worth saving, too

[Outro]
I can stay near
I can step back
Love is not leaving
When I come back