Lyric

I waited for

A softer call

My name said slow

Across the hall

A hand that stayed

A little longer

A look that made

The quiet stronger

I kept my mouth

Closed around need

Let every small thing

Pass over me

I told myself

It did not matter

Then folded the ache

A little flatter

If I had asked

It would have changed

The shape of what

I wanted named

If I had reached

It would feel arranged

Like warmth returned

Because I complained

I never stopped wanting

I only stopped asking

Kept it under my tongue

Kept it quiet, kept it lasting

I never stopped needing

A place in your mind

A hand on the door

Before I stood in the line

I never stopped wanting

I just learned to go calm

Held all of my hunger

In the heel of my palm

After all this time

After all that I lost

There was still the want

There was still the cost

I learned to make

My wishes smaller

A cup on the table

No room to call for

I smiled before

The hurt could rise

Made myself easy

To set aside

I wanted choosing

Without instruction

Care without proof

Love without reduction

But every time

I swallowed the plea

Something got quiet

Somewhere in me

If I had said

Stay with me here

Would it be love

Or only fear

If I had named

What I could not hold

Would your arms be real

Or just controlled

I never stopped wanting

I only stopped asking

Kept it under my tongue

Kept it quiet, kept it lasting

I never stopped needing

A place in your mind

A hand on the door

Before I stood in the line

I never stopped wanting

I just learned to go calm

Held all of my hunger

In the heel of my palm

After all this time

After all that I lost

There was still the want

There was still the cost

I called it patience

I called it grace

Called it growing

Into a quieter place

But it was hunger

Wearing a gentle face

It was a room

I kept making space

I called it kindness

I called it clean

Called it not needing

What I still mean

But all of my silence

Was not letting go

It was wanting too much

And letting none of it show

I never stopped wanting

I only stopped asking

Kept it under my tongue

Kept it quiet, kept it lasting

I never stopped needing

A place in your mind

A hand on the door

Before I stood in the line

I never stopped wanting

I just learned to go calm

Held all of my hunger

In the heel of my palm

After all this time

After all that I lost

There was still the want

There was still the cost

I can look steady

I can sound done

But the want stays low

Where I learned not to run