Lyrics

You took the bedside A place by my light
Toothbrush by my hand You stayed most nights
Head on my shoulder Counting your breath
I taught you to ground When you shook with the past

I can't wait for courage I can't live erased
Love needs a front room Not a hiding place
Half my closet Whole of me
I gave you a home But I lost my peace

If love can't stand Where the open can't see
Half my closet Setting me free
Half my closet Can't hold my heart
I honor my health I choose a new start

But I'll keep the kindness But I'll keep me
Half my closet Whole of me
Weather kept switching You bruised your own name
I held you through midnights And gathered the rain

Then flowers at sunrise The same soft I'm sorry
But pain was a loop And we lived in its story
I can't hold your story I can't be your cure
I can't love my life Steady and sure

Half my closet Whole of me
One night the street caught the back of my head
White lights and sirens in hospital beds
I walked to the truth I had shelved to be kind

While saving your storm I was losing my
Half my closet Whole of me
I gave you a home Now I keep my peace
If love can't stand In the open with me

I'll meet it there Whole of me
Whole of me.