If I Knew How to Hold You

[Verse 1]
You didn't know your own heart
Or how it might fit
I'm in the house that you grew up in
Where you gave me it
Where your brother read books
While your sister slept in
And where we laughed over imitations on the internet

[Chorus]
How you long for me to find what you've been burying
How your hands are too small for what they've been carrying
How many words have I wrote down without saying it?
If I knew how to hold you, I would

[Verse 2]
You said it makes you feel small
That your heart is so big
But you just gave a piece for some kind of counterfeit
Now the sun has gone down
On a road that we chose
You know your words are a light, you should lead with those

[Chorus]
How you long for me to find what you've been burying
How your hands are too small for what they've been carrying
How many words have I wrote down without saying it?
If I knew how to hold you, I would

[Bridge]
Sure deliverance lives through heartache
What a difference, your new start made
Will you open up your windows?
I could hold you now
Your deliverance for a namesake
What a difference that a day made
Will you open all your windows?
I could hold you now

[Chorus]
How you long for me to find what you've been burying
How your hands are too small for what they've been carrying
How many words have I wrote down without saying it?
If I knew how to hold you, I would

[Outro]
If I knew how to hold you, I would