Open Hands

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