One Night Whole

[Intro]U broke my soul left me bare now I continue to stare
Now I'm standing where you left me, nothing but the silence to hold
I won't ask the dark for answers, I just let the story be told
Verse
I tried to love you every day, and every try cost more
You pushed me till I didn't know the man I saw before
I held on to all of you until I lost my damn mind
I stayed cool, but cool's a bill I paid, and paid, every time
Then one brief night I met a blessing, and she made me whole
She filled the empty places I had carried, every hole
I'd have given her it all, even the part that's still mine
It's over now, I won't beg, I'm not crossing that line

Hook
For one brief stretch she made me whole
I wished I'd given her my soul
I never got to, now it's done
I keep that stretch, I ask for none

Verse 2
You kept on asking for more, ain't no soul left in my hands
I never begged, I walked away head up, and I still stand
Every promise that you broke, I sat down and learned to count
Loving you cost more than I had, I checked the full amount
She asked me for nothing, she just stood there, whole and slow
Her calm was the first thing in years that didn't land like a blow
I'd have handed her every weight I carried, every load
I won't go back to hard people, the hard days, I closed that road

Hook
For one brief stretch she made me whole
I wished I'd given her my soul
I never got to, now it's done
I keep that stretch, I ask for none

Bridge
I never said, but she could've had it all
What's left stays with me, not you who made me small
I don't hate you, I'm just done paying the toll
That one brief stretch with her, I keep it whole

Hook
For one brief stretch she made me whole
I wished I'd given her my soul
I never got to, now it's done
I keep that stretch, I ask for none
Outro
Every word you threw at me, I kept it, now I keep it cold
So I hold the only thing
So I hold the only thing that's mine, that one brief stretch, and let the rest go cold.