You Deserved Me Whole

[Verse 1]
I kept a little room inside my chest
For every almost, every last request
I gave away the keys and called it trust
Till all that careful tenderness was dust

[Pre-Chorus]
Then you came in with both hands open
And I had nothing left to give

[Chorus]
You deserve the whole heart I have spent
Every bright piece, every last percent
I found you just as the well ran dry
With your name in my mouth and no life inside
You deserve the version I used to be
Before I poured myself out so completely
I would choose you, even knowing the cost
But I reached your door already lost

[Verse 2]
You leave your coat beside the kitchen chair
You ask me how I am and wait right there
I want to meet your kindness where it stands
But mine slips through these tired, empty hands

[Pre-Chorus]
You never asked me to be broken
Still I don’t know how to begin

[Chorus]
You deserve the whole heart I have spent
Every bright piece, every last percent
I found you just as the well ran dry
With your name in my mouth and no life inside
You deserve the version I used to be
Before I poured myself out so completely
I would choose you, even knowing the cost
But I reached your door already lost

[Half-Time Breakdown]
If I could gather every scattered part
I’d lay them gently in your arms
But all I have is this small truth:
I came too late to love you right

[Final Chorus]
You deserve the whole heart I have spent
Every last promise, every last percent
I found you just as the well ran dry
Still I see a reason to try
You deserve the life I couldn’t save
The honest words I was too tired to say
If there’s a spark beneath all this loss
I’ll bring it to your door, whatever the cost

[Outro]
You deserved me whole
I’m learning how to live