[negative space between phrase]
[verse 1]
There’s a hole in my heart where the light gets out
Too small for the grief, too small for the gift
My float is deflated, I’m kneeling now
at a pocket of grace I can hold in my fist
[pre-chorus]
Just big enough to enjoy
Just shallow enough to control
You guard it, you ration it
You grieve when it goes
The river is roaring
you don’t even know
[chorus]
When you lament a puddle, you’re forgetting the river
The wound was always a door
You were made to be carried, you were made to be moved
You cannot sip it politely anymore
[verse 2]
You tighten around the opening
call it safety, call it wise
constricted to one small point of darkness
you’ve been standing in the river
the whole time
[pre-chorus]
Just big enough to enjoy
Just shallow enough to control
You guard it, you ration it
You grieve when it goes
The river is roaring
you don’t even know
[chorus]
When you lament a puddle, you’re forgetting the river
The wound was always a door
You were made to be carried, you were made to be moved
You cannot sip it politely anymore
[bridge]
My love
I will wait here
as long as it takes
when you’re done mourning
what could never
hold your weight
let it enter
let it widen
let the river have you
[final chorus]
When you lament a puddle, you’re forgetting the river
The wound was always a door
You were made to be carried, you were made to be moved
The hole in your heart is not leaking
It’s widening you
It’s widening you