Lyric

I learned to answer

Without asking why

Kept my voice even

Kept the door wide

You could come over

You could cancel late

I made both versions

Feel safe

I never pressed you

Past what you gave

Never made trouble

Never changed my face

I made my needing

Small and clean

So you could touch it

And still leave

I thought I was patient

I thought I was kind

But I was just moving

Myself out of line

I stayed where you could reach me

Never where you had to choose

I made the door stay open

And called that loving you

I kept my needs quiet

Like they had no use

I made it light for you to hold me

And easy to let loose

I laughed at the distance

Like it did not sting

Let every almost

Stand in for a thing

You said you were tired

I said take your time

Then gave you more

Of mine

I knew the pattern

I knew the place

How not to ask

For too much space

I kept the wanting

Off the floor

So you could step around it

Coming through the door

I cannot blame you

For every bruise

I made the shape

You learned to use

I stayed where you could reach me

Never where you had to choose

I made the door stay open

And called that loving you

I kept my needs quiet

Like they had no use

I made it light for you to hold me

And easy to let loose

I made myself easy to keep

And hard to choose

Soft on the edges

With nothing to prove

Low maintenance heart

No pressure, no scene

A man you could leave

And still call clean

I made my needs look optional

Made my hurt look small

Then wondered why you never

Had to hold me at all

I stayed where you could reach me

Never where you had to choose

I made the door stay open

And called that loving you

I gave you the gentle version

The one that would not bruise

Then hated how it felt

To be simple enough to lose

I know what I did now

I know what it cost

I made myself easier

Than the love I wanted most

The guitar keeps moving

The room stays still

I was not hard to leave

Because I taught you that skill