[Verse 1]
I've been thinking 'bout grief
Like a coat I can't drop
It hangs on my shoulders
When the daylight stops
Sorrow sits in my chest
Like rain in a jar
I keep turning it over
Trying to name what you are
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need to win
I don't need to fight
Just to sit with the ache
And let it breathe tonight
[Chorus]
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Hold me through the hurt
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Let the feeling work
(quiet hands)
I can stay, I can stay
Till the storm moves on
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Make me soft, not gone
[Verse 2]
I used to run from the dark
Like it knew my name
But the mirror stays honest
And it doesn't play games
So I light one small candle
In the room of my mind
I watch thoughts pass like trains
I don't jump every time
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need to win
I don't need to fight
Just to sit with the ache
And let it breathe tonight
[Chorus]
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Hold me through the hurt
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Let the feeling work
(quiet hands)
I can stay, I can stay
Till the storm moves on
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Make me soft, not gone
[Bridge]
If I shake, let me shake
If I break, let me break
Every bruise needs air
Every heart can wake
I am learning to rest
In the pull of the tide
Not to bury the sorrow
Just to open up wide
[Chorus]
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Hold me through the hurt
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Let the feeling work
(quiet hands)
I can stay, I can stay
Till the storm moves on
Quiet hands, quiet hands
Make me soft, not gone