The Part of Me That’s Yours

[Verse 1]
You came in like late September
Rain on stone and peat
Laughed and said my name so soft
It shook me to my feet
Your hand brushed mine by accident
The room just disappeared
I counted all the reasons
And still you left me here
[Chorus]
I know you’re not for me
Yet you’re woven in my heart
Like the green in every hill
Like the tide that won’t depart
If all I own is distance
And the ache of what you are
I will bless you from the shadows
You’re the part of me that’s yours
[Verse 2]
You wear her silver on your hand
I wear your ghost instead
I hide you in a folded note
Beneath my narrow bed
At Mass I keep my eyes bowed low
But every hymn is you
A promise I can never take
And still I’m holding true
[Chorus]
I know you’re not for me
Yet you’re woven in my heart
Like the green in every hill
Like the tide that won’t depart
If all I own is distance
And the ache of what you are
I will bless you from the shadows
You’re the part of me that’s yours
[Bridge]
If in another life we’d meet
Bare-headed in the sun
I’d walk you down the open road
Call you my only one
But here among the whispered rules
And doors that stay half-closed
I love you like a hidden flame
That still keeps out the cold
[Chorus]
I know you’re not for me
Yet you’re woven in my heart
Like the green in every hill
Like the tide that won’t depart
If all I own is distance
And the ache of what you are
I will honor you in silence
You’re the part of me that’s yours

folk, Sparse Irish folk ballad with female vocals, intimate fingerpicked guitar in DADGAD and soft drone fiddle. Verses stay close and confessional, almost whispered; chorus blossoms with 4–5 women in tight, breathy harmony, low whistle doubling the melody. Subtle dynamic lift on each chorus, final refrain a cappella then resolving on a warm unresolved chord that lingers., melancholy, female vocals, sad, irish folk