[Verse 1]
I keep my sleeves rolled past the feeling
Name every risk, then call it care
You read the pause between my sentences
Like there is something waiting there
I know the rules for being useful
I know the hours, know the plan
But when you place your hand beside mine
I forget the shape I had
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't want to promise what I can't hold
I don't want to turn your trust to smoke
But every careful door I close
Leaves me wanting you the most
[Chorus]
So lead me slowly, if you want to
Show me where the honest starts
I have been living like a locked room
With a desk between our hearts
I want the wanting, not the damage
I want the truth without the chase
If you can tell me what feels safe here
I'll meet you there, I'll learn your pace
[Verse 2]
You don't need a polished answer
You don't need some fearless man
I can bring the doubt I'm carrying
You can tell me where it lands
Let the night stay uncomplicated
No performance, no disguise
If I reach, you name the distance
If you stop, I stop beside you
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't want to borrow your tenderness
Then disappear behind my work
I want to stay when it gets difficult
And hear the words beneath the words
[Chorus]
So lead me slowly, if you want to
Show me where the honest starts
I have been living like a locked room
With a desk between our hearts
I want the wanting, not the damage
I want the truth without the chase
If you can tell me what feels safe here
I'll meet you there, I'll learn your pace
[Bridge]
Maybe love is not a lightning strike
Maybe lust can still be kind
Maybe letting you come closer
Means I leave the guard behind
Ask me once and I will answer
Ask me twice and I will stay
I am done mistaking distance
For the decent thing to say
[Final Chorus]
Lead me slowly, if you want to
I will tell you when I'm scared
No more hiding in the language
That makes feeling disappear
I want the wanting, and the patience
I want your hand, but not your debt
If we can name what keeps us open
I will give you all I have left
[Outro]
No perfect line, no practiced role
Just your eyes and my unguarded soul
Lead me slowly
I am here