Someone to Live For

I used to beg for sleep

like it was mercy on a chain

Just wanted to close my eyes

and not have to explain

I moved through the days

like I wasn't really there

Just a face in the mirror

too tired to care

I scrubbed clean dishes

just to fill the empty space

Wiped the same damn counter

like I could wipe away my place

Didn't want to die

but I didn't want to stay

I was waiting for nothing

to carry me away

Then you showed up quiet

didn't flinch when I spoke

You sat with my silence

like it wasn't some joke

You didn't try to save me

or stitch up the seams

You just looked in my direction

and broke through the steam

You gave me someone to live for

in a life that had gone cold

You didn't bring the sunrise

but you brought me back the sun

The black still calls

on the days I can't speak

And the weight still grips

when my bones go weak

But your hands don't tremble

when I start to slip

You pull me in closer

and you steady the ship

You gave me someone to live for

when I thought I had no fight

You didn't cure the darkness

but you lit a way through night

Now I'd stand in the fire

just to block the flame

I'd walk through the wreckage

just to carry your name

You gave me shelter

when I couldn't explain

Now I'd bleed through the silence

just to shoulder your pain

You stayed when I was sinking

Now I rise with you each day

I was looking for an ending

But you gave me a reason to stay