[Verse 1]
She learned to read a room before she learned to read
Held her breath through every door, forgot what safety means
They left their marks like bad advice beneath her skin
Still she kept a little room where hope could enter in
[Pre-Chorus]
Then you found her by the window, counting every scar
You said, “You don’t have to earn a place inside my heart”
[Chorus]
So hold me like tomorrow isn’t promised
Kiss me like the world can wait outside
I have spent my life afraid of losing
Now I want to spend what’s left alive
If my body is a borrowed, breaking house
Let your love be where I lay my sorrow down
I was never loved the way I should have been
Stay with me, and let my life begin
[Verse 2]
The doctors speak in careful words, their faces turned away
A rare disease, a closing door, no miracle in sight today
But you bring peaches from the market, read beside my bed
Make a kingdom out of hours everyone else has left for dead
[Pre-Chorus]
And when the night gets heavy, you don’t promise I won’t cry
You just pull me close and tell me I am worth this time
[Chorus]
So hold me like tomorrow isn’t promised
Kiss me like the world can wait outside
I have spent my life afraid of losing
Now I want to spend what’s left alive
If my body is a borrowed, breaking house
Let your love be where I lay my sorrow down
I was never loved the way I should have been
Stay with me, and let my life begin
[Bridge]
I don’t need a cure to call this living
I don’t need forever to be whole
Give me every morning I can borrow
Give me every honest hand to hold
And if the road runs shorter than we dreamed of
I will bless each step that brought me here
You are not a final chapter, darling
You are every reason I am here
[Final Chorus]
So hold me like tomorrow isn’t promised
Kiss me while the world turns outside
I have spent my life surviving
Now I want to spend what’s left in your arms tonight
If my body is a borrowed, breaking house
Let your love be where I lay my sorrow down
I was never loved the way I should have been
Stay with me, and let my life begin
[Outro]
Stay with me through every changing season
Call me beautiful when I forget
I may not have forever in my hands, love
But I have this moment yet