Verse 1
I know I’ve been somewhere else lately
Even when I’m sitting next to you
You’ve been waiting, never blaming
While I try to figure out what I’m going through
And I see it in the quiet moments
All the things you choose not to say
You’re giving me the room I asked for
Even when it hurts you every day
Pre-Chorus
I wish I could tell you how long this will take
Wish I could promise I’ll wake up changed
But I won’t give you words just to make this okay
So here’s the only truth I know how to say
Chorus
I’m not trying to get away from you
I’m just trying to come back to me
I’ve been losing my shape beside you
And I need to remember who I’m meant to be
I’m sorry you’re the one who’s waiting
While I’m learning how to breathe
But please don’t mistake all this distance
For a heart that’s trying to leave
I still love you
I still choose you
I just need to make some room for me
Verse 2
You take up space without intending
And I gave mine away without knowing
Until somewhere between “us” and forever
I couldn’t tell where I was going
That’s not a weight I want you carrying
It’s not a crime you have to undo
I just forgot that loving somebody
Should leave enough of me there too
Pre-Chorus
And maybe I could run back into your arms
Pretend that everything’s alright
But I’d rather find my way beside you
Than lose myself to make things right
Chorus
I’m not trying to get away from you
I’m just trying to come back to me
I’ve been losing my shape beside you
And I need to remember who I’m meant to be
I’m sorry you’re the one who’s waiting
While I’m learning how to breathe
But please don’t mistake all this distance
For a heart that’s trying to leave
I still love you
I still choose you
I just need to make some room for me
Bridge
And I know patience has a heartbeat
I know waiting leaves a bruise
I see every little sacrifice
In the space you’re scared to lose
So I won’t ask you not to hurt
And I won’t tell you not to fear
I just hope while I find myself again
You’ll still feel me loving you from here
Because I don’t want another life
I don’t want another hand
I want to learn to stand beside you
Without forgetting how to stand
Final Chorus
I’m not trying to get away from you
I’m finding my way back to me
So someday when I’m standing beside you
I’ll be there because that’s where I want to be
I’m sorry for the nights you’re waiting
For every doubt I couldn’t ease
Thank you for giving me this distance
When you’d rather have me close to reach
I still love you
I still choose you
And if you can, keep holding space for me
I don’t need to disappear
To finally learn how to be free
I just need to know there’s room for us
And still enough room left for me
Outro
So if I’ve seemed a little far away
Please know where I’m trying to be
Not away from you
Just closer to me.