Empty Hands

Verse 1

I had a list of things I meant to be

A job a home a version you could keep

But the hours ran out and the rent came due

And I gave you half of me and called it proof

Pre-Chorus

So you packed the parts you understood

Left the rest behind

Called it me not trying hard enough

And I just said alright

Chorus

I never got to show you all of it

The whole of me the better half I hid

You wanted someone finished someone whole

I was still becoming

Still becoming

And you left before I did

Verse 2

The neighbors talk like I am something thin

My mother sighs and says try harder kid

I am stretched so far across the week

There is nothing left of me to give

Pre-Chorus

So I came to you with empty hands

Hoping you would hold

But you measured me in what I lacked

And I just let it go

Chorus

I never got to show you all of it

The whole of me the better half I hid

You wanted someone finished someone whole

I was still becoming

Still becoming

And you left before I did

Bridge

Maybe I am tired

Maybe that's the truth

Maybe I am tired

Of proving I am worth the room

Chorus

I never got to show you all of it

The whole of me the better half I hid

You wanted someone finished someone whole

I was still becoming

Still becoming

And you left before I did

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Still becoming

Oh-oh

Still becoming

Oh-oh

Chorus

I never got to show you all of it

The whole of me the better half I hid

You wanted someone finished someone whole

I was still becoming

Still becoming

And you left before I did