Don't know what to do with kindness

Verse 1

Not used to hearing my name like that,

Not used to someone meaning it.

I brushed it off, I played it down,

But it stayed with me a bit.

I’ve heard words that didn’t feel real,

Heard promises fall apart,

So when you said it like you meant it,

It hit a different part.

Pre-Chorus

Now I’m overthinking everything you say,

Waiting for it all to change.

Chorus

I don’t know what to do with kindness,

I don’t know how to let it stay,

I’m so used to something breaking,

Or slowly slipping away.

I don’t know how to believe it,

When it feels this new, this right,

I don’t know what to do with kindness,

When I’m used to having to fight.

Verse 2

You check on me like it’s nothing,

Like it’s normal, like it’s true,

But I’m looking for a reason

For what’s behind the things you do.

‘Cause I’ve seen how quickly things turn,

How fast people change their mind,

So I’m holding back a little,

Even when you’re being kind.

Pre-Chorus

Got my guard up even when I don’t need to,

Waiting for the shift to come.

Chorus

I don’t know what to do with kindness,

I don’t know how to let it stay,

I’m so used to something breaking,

Or slowly slipping away.

I don’t know how to believe it,

When it feels this new, this right,

I don’t know what to do with kindness,

When I’m used to having to fight.

Bridge

Maybe it’s me, maybe I expect too much,

Or maybe I expect it all to end.

Maybe I forgot what it feels like

To just let something in.

Outro

I don’t know what to do with kindness…

But I’m not pushing it away.

I don’t know what to do with kindness…

But I might let it stay.