Lyrics
Verse 1 I’ve spent so long learning to stand alone Talking to silence like it’s all I know Maybe it is Maybe that’s why it hurts most Empty nights, dead rooms and I hear ghosts I wanna feel your hands on my skin I wanna feel your mouth on mine Anything hotter than this anything wet enough to make me feel alive I don’t need perfect Do I deserve it? Something real that doesn’t make me question what I feel Pre-Chorus I’m sick of the cold sick of the ache sick of pretending I’m okay this way Chorus 1 Can I be loved without losing myself Can I be free without chains on my chest Can I be held without breaking apart Can I be loved without losing my heart Can I be seen without wearing a mask Can I be yours without giving my last Can I be loved not less than I am Can I be loved and still be who I am Verse 2 When the dark comes it knows my name When the sun fades I drink the same cheap whiskey Trying to outrun truth trying to cut you loose But all I want is your body, not the bruise Your body, not the bruise But you’re always here in the smoke, in the glass in the back of my fear You live in the silence you burn in the bruise You make me miss your hands then remind me of you Pre-Chorus 2 Now I count the cost before I let love in How much of me breaks before it begins Chorus 2 Can I be loved without losing myself Can I be free without something to pay Can I be held without breaking my shape Can I come close without fading away Can I be seen without wearing a mask Can I be yours without giving my last Can I be warm without burning alive Can I be loved and still survive Bridge I don’t want a love that feels like a war Don’t want open arms that turn into doors Don’t want sweet words with a knife underneath Don’t want forever if it’s killing me I just want your hands when somebody stays Not all this fear dressed up as fate I just want truth I don’t have to fight Somebody strong who don’t dim my light Final Chorus Can I be loved without losing myself Can I be free without chains on my chest Can I be held without breaking apart Can I be loved without losing my heart Can I be known without coming undone Can I stand tall when the loving comes Can I be loved not less than I am Can I be loved and still be who I am Outro I’ve spent so long learning to stand alone But I’m still reaching for something like home Can I be loved without all this pain Can I be loved without the chains