Verse 1 (indie, slow, dreamy) When I was small you were a mountain Tall and quiet, made of days Your hands knew how to hold the world Without explaining what it weighed You smelled like paper, ink and rain Like Sunday afternoons I thought you knew the answers Before I knew the questions too Pre-Chorus Then I grew a sharper voice And you grew slow Chorus Now I understand Now I understand You were holding back the dark With everything you had Verse 2 I learned the art of leaving rooms Before the door was closed You stayed where you were standing Like that was all you chose I said you never listened You said nothing back We were speaking different languages In the same old house Chorus Now I understand Now I understand You were standing in the fire So I wouldn’t have to stand Verse 3 Now you read the news in silence Sports flicker on the wall Your days don’t ask you questions They don’t ask much at all My son is three and made of noise And everything is new I am you in the way I wait In the things I don’t say too Bridge I thought love was something loud Something wild, something free But love grows slowly every day To be the place someone can lean I used to think you were afraid Of living any other life Now I see you were just brave In a very quiet way Final Chorus Now I understand Now I understand You gave your breath to ordinary days So I could dream instead Outro If I get it wrong If I lose my nerve I hope he finds me there Like I found you first