Don't Fold Up

Verse 1

Pockets full of borrowed time, keys to no door

Corner booth at midnight, been here before

Told myself I needed space to breathe

Four walls learned my secrets, concrete believed

Wrapped the quiet round my shoulders like a winter coat

But solitude gets heavy when you're all that you wrote

Chorus

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

We're wired for the reach, hardwired for the socket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Verse 2

Mama said you come from a long line of huggers

I been dodging embraces, building up shutters

Thought the silence was a fortress, ironclad and deep

But a man can't be an island when his heart won't let him sleep

Saw a stranger on the train who looked just like my soul

Sometimes being alone ain't the same as being whole

Chorus

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

We're wired for the reach, hardwired for the socket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Bridge

I need my cave, need my corner, need the dark to see the stars

But even caves have openings, even moons have mars

Call it tension, call it balance, call it learning how to bend

You can love your solitude and still want a friend

Verse 3

Sunday mornings with the paper, jazz on the radio

Tuesday nights at the function where the whole crew goes

Found the space between the silence and the crowded room

Is a place where I can be myself and still make room for you

We ain't meant to be a puzzle with a missing piece

Just a circle that expands and contracts in peace

Chorus

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

We're wired for the reach, hardwired for the socket

Don't fold up to fit in your own pocket

Outro

(Don't fold up)

Mm, mm-mm

(Don't fold up)

Yeah