The Tilted Scale

Intro

Cold hands warm blood

Two steps forward one in mud

Mm

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

You gave me half a morning

I gave you back the whole night

You measure out your love

Like water rations in a fight

I pour mine out like rainfall

You count every single drop

I open up my doorway

You keep yours under lock

Pre-Chorus

Equal is a crooked word

When one heart bends and one stands proud

Tell me why I give the louder rise

While you give the quieter sound

Chorus

Degrees of reciprocation

Are you running or just slow?

I keep turning up the fire

While you feed it to the snow

Degrees of reciprocation

Tell me which of us lets go

I keep giving all my inches

While you hold a mile or so

Post-Chorus

Giving giving giving

(Turn around)

Giving giving giving

(Hit the ground)

Verse 2

I talked until my throat dried

You nodded at the wall

I brought a hundred reasons

You brought none at all

I climb across the distance

You wait for me to land

I reach for both directions

You offer just one hand

Pre-Chorus

Scale is tilted on my side

Every weight I drop is mine

Tell me why the louder cry

Comes from the quieter kind

Chorus

Degrees of reciprocation

Are you running or just slow?

I keep turning up the fire

While you feed it to the snow

Degrees of reciprocation

Tell me which of us lets go

I keep giving all my inches

While you hold a mile or so

Post-Chorus

Giving giving giving

(Turn around)

Giving giving giving

(Hit the ground)

Bridge

Measure me with your cold ruler

I'll hang the whole length out

You can chart the tired circles

I'll trace the fuller route

Maybe I'm generous to a fault

Maybe you're careful to be free

But love ain't a ledger of what you owe

It's the weight you carry for me

Breakdown

Give give give

(Turn around)

Give give give

(Give it back)

Outro

Degrees of reciprocation

You gave me half a day

I gave you back the lightning

And you gave me... grayscale

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