Lyric

I’m drawing you back slow

Line by line, hand steady

Not to erase a thing

Just to fold the ache neatly

My heart kept reaching out

Like it knew your door by touch

Now I tuck that motion in

Still enough, but not too much

I won’t call it gone

I won’t call it small

I wore those bright days once

And they still stand tall

If the longing pulls

I let it pass through

What we had was real

What I felt was true

I loved you all the way

That was my weather

I loved you all the way

And I’d do it again, no better

I keep the gold, I keep the scar

Both of them live inside my heart

I loved you all the way

That was my weather

There was a morning light

On your sleeve and my bare skin

There was a table set

And a whole world tucked in

Now the house feels wider

Now the days feel more quiet

But I don’t call it loss

When my chest still keeps the riot

I won’t turn it down

I won’t spit on flame

Some things leave a mark

And still remain the same

If the old ache knocks

I let it through

What we had was bright

What I gave was true

You were my whole brave yes

My soft collision

You were my whole brave yes

And I’d sign that with no revision

Let the years go by, let them move apart

I still hold the shine, I still hold the heart

You were my whole brave yes

My soft collision

And maybe that’s the mercy

Of loving without chains

You can lose the person

And keep the name

Not as a wound I carry

Not as a prayer I beg

Just a lamp in the marrow

Just a house in the head

I loved with both my hands

Open on your shadow

I loved with both my hands

And I’d never choose a borrowed sorrow

What was dazzling stays

What was true stays near

I loved with both my hands

And I’m richer for it here