Lyric

I cleared the chair

Beside the bed

Like you might stay

But not too long

I moved my books

Off the second shelf

Made an empty place

Where you belonged

Not enough clothes

To call it yours

Not enough nights

To call it home

Just a little space

I learned to leave

So you could come

And still be gone

I called it enough

Because nothing felt worse

I lowered my voice

When I wanted the words

I folded my wanting

Till it did not press

Against the shape

You gave me

I Made Room for Less

Moved my wanting to the side

Called a little bit of you

Something I could live inside

I Made Room for Less

Made the hunger look polite

Let the half of what I needed

Sleep beside me for the night

I did not ask

Where this would go

I watched the question

Leave my mouth

You touched my hand

Like an answer once

So I let that be

What we were about

I changed the light

I changed the pace

I changed the way

I said your name

You did not take

As much from me

I made it fit

And took the blame

I said it was fine

Because fine sounded clean

A word with no weight

And no history

I kept every deeper thing

Under my breath

So you would not feel

Crowded by me

I Made Room for Less

Moved my wanting to the side

Called a little bit of you

Something I could live inside

I Made Room for Less

Made the hunger look polite

Let the half of what I needed

Sleep beside me for the night

Maybe love was never small

Maybe I made it narrow

Maybe I kept cutting pieces off

Just to keep you near my shadow

I thought I opened up the room

But I was closing on myself

Put my heart against the wall

So you could reach for something else

I made room for less than I needed

Moved my whole self to the side

Called a borrowed kind of closeness

Something I could live inside

I made room for less than I needed

Made the hunger look polite

Let the half of what I wanted

Teach my body not to fight

The chair is clear

The shelf is bare

The room is quiet

The room is mine

But something in me

Still makes space

For less than love

One more time