Verse 1
I wore my heart out on my sleeve again tonight
Held out my hands like I was asking for a sign
Spoke in the silence, but you never heard the sound
I was drowning right beside you, going down
You saw the shadows underneath my tired eyes
You heard the tremble, but you turned and let it die
I gave you pieces I was trying hard to save
But you stood there like a stranger at my grave
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Pre-Chorus
And I can’t keep breaking open
For someone who won’t even see
That I’m bleeding in the daylight
Begging just to be believed
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Chorus
If you won’t take a second,
If you won’t hold my name,
If you won’t try to love me
Through the hurt I cannot say,
Then someone else will find me
Where my soul has fallen through,
And if all the world denies me,
Heaven knows just what to do.
If you won’t care to know me,
If you won’t stay when I’m undone,
Then I’ll find another mercy,
Even if it comes from above.
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Verse 2
I was not asking for a crown or for a throne
Just for a refuge when the dark was in my bones
Just for a heartbeat that would listen when I cracked
But every time I reached for warmth, you pulled it back
And I have carried all this weight with shaking knees
Still somehow hoping you might finally fight for me
But I’m so tired of setting fires in my chest
Just to watch you stand there cold and call it rest
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Pre-Chorus
No, I can’t keep dying slowly
For a love that never moves
I was made for something deeper
Than being half-seen by you
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Chorus
If you won’t take a second,
If you won’t hold my name,
If you won’t try to love me
Through the hurt I cannot say,
Then someone else will find me
Where my soul has fallen through,
And if all the world denies me,
Heaven knows just what to do.
If you won’t care to know me,
If you won’t stay when I’m undone,
Then I’ll find another mercy,
Even if it comes from above.
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Bridge
I begged at your doorway
With storms in my chest
You looked through the broken
And still gave me less
But I know a Father
Who gathers the dust
Who lifts what is shattered
And still calls it loved
So if your hands won’t reach me
When I’m too weak to stand
I know the scarred hands of mercy
Will still come take mine again
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Final Chorus
If you won’t take a second,
If you won’t hold my name,
If you won’t try to love me
Through the tears I cannot frame,
Then someone else will find me
Where my soul has come undone,
And if every door is closing,
I still know I’ve got Someone.
If you won’t care to know me,
If you won’t see what I’ve become,
Then I’ll find another love there,
Even if the last hope comes from above.
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Outro
So leave me in the silence
If silence is your way
But I won’t die abandoned
Not while Heaven knows my pain
Dillon_Scott
