Verse 1
We learned each other in the dark
Eleven years of blood and breath
I still feel you in my chest
Even when you’re holding less
You sleep beside the echo now
Of what we used to call our home
You say you need the air to move
I say I’m learning to let go
Pre-Chorus
Every word between us
Cuts and comforts the same
I don’t know how to love you
Without saying your name
Chorus
I’m trying to love you with open hands
Not a grip, not a vow, not a plan
If freedom is all you can stand
I’ll bleed it out, I’ll understand
But when you tremble, when you break
When the silence gets too loud to take
Remember I am still the man
Who loves you with open hands
Verse 2
There’s another shadow in the room
I pretend I don’t feel his eyes
Still you come undone in my arms
Still you say my name when you cry
We fight like we’re afraid of truth
Like losing hurts less than staying
You say this place feels like a wound
I say I’m done with running away
Pre-Chorus 2
If I was the weight on your wings
I swear I never meant to be
I just didn’t know how to save us
Without trying to control the sea
Chorus
I’m trying to love you with open hands
Not a cage, not a lock, not a demand
If distance is how you can breathe
I’ll choke on it quietly
But when the night pulls you apart
And you don’t know where you are
Remember I am still the man
Who loves you with open hands
Bridge (stripped back)
I won’t beg
I won’t bind
I won’t call your leaving a crime
If choosing yourself is the cost
I’ll pay it in pieces of mine
Just don’t forget
When you’re standing alone
I was never your jail
I was your home
Final Chorus
I’m loving you with open hands
Even if you don’t understand
If you walk away, I won’t pretend
That my heart won’t follow you then
But if you ever turn around
Tired of carrying your doubt
You’ll find me here, not broken, not damned
Still loving you with open hands
Outro
No bars
No chains
Just truth shaking in my veins
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