[Verse 1]
I built houses out of echoes
Rooms where no one ever stayed
Learned to kiss the quiet goodnight
And sleep inside the ache it made
I had a heart that knew the theory
Knew the words, the shape, the sound
But every hand that reached to hold it
Somehow never touched the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
I was fluent in almost loving
Spoke it perfectly every time
But the language of being wanted
Was a dialect I couldn’t find
[Chorus]
Then you walked in like Sunday morning
Soft and certain, no disguise
And suddenly my chest remembered
What it feels like to be alive
You’re the first one who stayed long enough
For the frost inside to break
The first hand that reached my heartbeat
And didn’t flinch away
[Verse 2]
I used to think I was the damage
That I came with warning signs
That love would always leave me bleeding
Just to prove that I’m still mine
But you keep kissing all the fractures
Like they’re maps to where I am
And for once I’m not apologizing
For the shaking in my hands
[Chorus]
You’re the first one who stayed long enough
For the frost inside to break
The first hand that reached my heartbeat
And didn’t flinch away
[Bridge]
I didn’t know I’d been starving
Until you taught my skin to eat
I didn’t know I could tremble
From something softer than defeat
[Final Chorus]
You’re the only one who ever
Made the colors bleed back in
The first and only one who loved me
Before I learned to love again
And if tomorrow forgets my name
And the dark comes rushing through
At least once I was really held
And darling… that was you.
That was you.
Crazygirl01
