TRACK 07JRH · WHERE YOU CAN BREATHE
Where You Can Breathe
The center of the record—a song about refuge, trust, and making room for someone.
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We met in a room full of noise and lightNot the kind of place where love walks in rightI told you stories from beforeNot knowing they’d come knocking at your doorYou smiled like you wanted to stayThen turned like you had to leaveI could see the war in your eyesBetween what you want and what you believe
I know this started tangled upToo much past, too little trustI’m not here to rush your heartI’ll meet you where you are
I’ll give you roomIf slow is what you needI won’t pull you closerThan you’re ready to beYou’ve been seen by crowded roomsBut I see the quiet side of youWhen those rooms get too loudYou can breathe with meI’ll give you roomI’ll be where you can breathe
You say you love the stories I tellBut girl, I wanna hear yours tooYou laughed at some old memoryLike you were finding parts of meAnd when you kiss me, I can tellYou feel it too, then fight yourselfLike one old hurt still has a holdLike trust is hard when love went cold
I know you’re scared to fall againAnd I’m still healing tooBut every road I thought was overKeeps leading me to you
You’ve been seen by crowded roomsBut I see the quiet side of youWhen those rooms get too loudYou can breathe with meI’ll give you roomI’ll be where you can breathe
You’ve got dreams still burning brightI’ve got miles from darker nightsBut somehow when you smile at meThe storm inside goes quietI’m not the man who hurt you thenYou’re not the pain I’m coming fromMaybe we don’t have to runMaybe we can both come home
I’ll give you roomIf time is what you needI won’t pull you closerThan you’re ready to beAll those eyes don’t know youThey only see what they seeBut I see the quiet courageIn the way you look at meI won’t lose myself waiting to be seenI won’t beg your heart to believeBut if your heart is healingI’ll be where you can breathe
No rushing handsNo hard demandsJust a steady heartAnd open plansGirl, I’ll give you roomI’ll be where you can breathe
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