yours to trace.

Look at me
When you speak and see
All of me
I offer it all

Your hand on my chest
Can you feel that heartbeat in my breast?
How it longs to be known
How it longs to feel whole
Just hold me
Hold me
Hold me
Stay don’t go
'Cause I need your body warmth
'Cause I'm scared that I’ve grown too cold

But please don’t give up on me

When you lean to touch me
I swear I won’t withdrawal
Again
Just know that it scares me
My inability to react
To simple affections
But when I say I care
Just acknowledge that I am
Allowing myself to feel
Though I am rusty
And it is costing me
My second skin

How we long to be known
How we long to feel whole
Just hold me
Hold me
Hold me

Stay don’t go
'Cause I need your body warmth
'Cause I'm scared that I’ve grown too cold

But please don’t give up on me
Please don’t give up on me

Since I’ve met you I’ve come a long way
Instead of long nights
Where I lay awake terrified
I feel safe
So I undress
Put my arms around your neck
And I say
All these marks and scars
That I tried to cover up with art
Are yours to trace

Oh, how we long to be known
How we long to feel whole
Just hold me
Hold me
Hold me
Stay don’t go
'Cause I need your body warmth

'Cause you
You refuse
To give up on me
Oh, you refuse to give up on we