Make a Little Room for Me

Make a Little Room for Me

(Soft piano, warm acoustic guitar)

I know you love me, baby…

I just need you to hear me.

I’ve held your hand through stories

Of the roads you had to walk,

Sat beside you through the silence

When it hurt too much to talk.

I’ve listened to the memories,

The ones that still run deep,

And I’d carry every tear for you

If it meant that you could sleep.

But I’ve got a heart that’s hurting, too,

And words I’m scared to say.

Sometimes I need you to reach for me

And ask me, “Are you okay?”

Make a little room for me,

In the middle of it all.

Ask me how my day has been,

Catch me when I fall.

I know you love me, Kala,

But sometimes I need to see

That the heart that holds your heart

Has a place where it can lean.

I’m not asking for the whole world,

Just a little room for me.

I know the ones who came before

Left marks you didn’t choose,

And the people you have cared for

Leave an ache when you lose them.

I’ll never ask you not to feel

Or hide the things you’ve known,

I just miss the way it feels

When I don’t feel alone.

I don’t need you to fix it all

Or take the hurt away.

Just sit with me the way I do

And listen when I say—

Make a little room for me,

In the middle of it all.

Ask me how my day has been,

Catch me when I fall.

I know you love me, Kala,

But sometimes I need to see

That the heart that holds your heart

Has a place where it can lean.

I’m not asking for the whole world,

Just a little room for me.

(Music drops to piano and a quiet vocal)

Maybe you never knew

How quiet I became,

How I smiled and said, “I’m good,”

When I wished you’d ask again.

I’m not walking out the door,

I’m opening up to you.

’Cause loving you is easy—

I need to feel you love me, too.

(Drums rise, guitar swells, emotional harmonies)

Make a little room for me,

And I’ll make room for you.

We can lay our burdens down,

Let the light come shining through.

I know you love me, Kala,

And I hope that you can see

The heart that holds your heart

Needs a place where it can lean.

We don’t have to be perfect,

Just meet me in between.

Oh, I’ll always make you room,

Please make a little room for me.

(Piano fades)

I know you love me, baby…

I just need you to hear me.