Without Setting Traps

[Verse 1]
I keep a careful list of what I meant to do
Then miss the small soft warning in the way you move
I leave a little pressure where the welcome mat should be
And call it being honest when you’re backing away from me

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the room gets quiet when I swear I’m listening
I’m learning love is more than saying what I didn’t mean

[Chorus]
I don’t want to make a map of every place you can’t step
I don’t want my fear to be the thing you have to get past
If I’ve scattered all these warnings where your open hands should land
Stay while I learn to love you without setting traps again

[Verse 2]
You tell me where it hurt; I start to build a case
Then catch myself rehearsing why I’m not to blame
So I put down the answer, let the silence have its say
And ask what you need from me before I walk away

[Breakdown]
I’m still here
I can hear you
I won’t turn your reaching into something to defend

[Final Chorus]
I don’t want to make a map of every place you can’t step
I don’t want my fear to be the thing you have to get past
If I’ve scattered all these warnings where your open hands should land
Stay while I learn to love you—
I can try again
[Outro]