[Verse 1]
I kept your first sock
In a desk drawer grave
Tiny blue cloth
Still holding that day
Your hand in my palm
Like a match in rain
If the world came calling
I'd take the pain
I learned your cry
Like a locked-door code
I would bleed for the key
If it kept you home
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where to stand
I will stand there
Tell me what burns
I will burn there
If the floor falls out
I'll be the plank
If the dark gets bold
I'll be the man
[Chorus]
A million times over
I would die for you
A million times over
I would pull you through
Your name in my chest
Like a red hot vow
A million times over
I would die right now
[Verse 2]
I know the bruised world
I know its teeth
I know how it waits
At the edge of sleep
But you got my heart
In your little fist
And every black hour
I can see you in it
If a knife had my name
I'd take that blade
If the cold came first
I'd make it wait
I don't want gold
I don't want praise
I just want you
To have your days
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where to stand
I will stand there
Tell me what burns
I will burn there
If the flood comes in
I'll be the wall
If the night gets loud
I'll take it all
[Chorus]
A million times over
I would die for you
A million times over
I would pull you through
Your name in my chest
Like a red hot vow
A million times over
I would die right now
[Bridge]
If I had ten lives
I'd spend them fast
On scraped-up knees
And a playground laugh
If I had a thousand
I'd hand them down
One by one
To keep you sound
So when my breath goes thin
And the dark moves near
You should know this:
I was never here
I was your shield
I was your road
I was the hands
That carried you home
[Chorus]
A million times over
I would die for you
A million times over
I would pull you through
Your name in my chest
Like a red hot vow
A million times over
I would die right now