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A warm acoustic song about being trusted by something that can't be fooled. Animals don't read your story — they read your hands, and what you actually want for them. So when a small, scared creature shakes and stays, shuts its eyes, and falls asleep in your palm, that trust is the most credible love there is. A song about what being handed a small life to protect calls out of a person — sung with a small smile, holding very still.
Lyrics
[verse] They don't ask you where you're from, They don't care what you've done, They just look you in the eye And read you, one by one. You can't talk your way in, There's no story they can't see through... They just know what your hands are for The minute they meet you. [verse] She was shaking when I held her, But she stayed right where she was. And a scared thing doesn't stay Unless it knows it's loved. So I held still as Sunday, Let her settle in my palm... Funny how a thing that small Can make a whole house calm. [chorus] Now she's sleeping in my hands, And my hands won't move at all. She can't be fooled, she can't be bought, She just knows... that's all. You wanna know what love feels like? It ain't hard to understand: It's something scared that shuts its eyes, Safe inside your hands. [verse] I've been telling everybody I'm fine, And most of them believe. But you can't tell her stories, She reads hearts, not sleeves. She knew mine in a minute, Every crack and every scar... And she climbed up anyway. That's what hands are for. [chorus] Now she's sleeping in my hands, And my hands won't move at all. She can't be fooled, she can't be bought, She just knows... that's all. You wanna know what love feels like? It ain't hard to understand: It's something scared that shuts its eyes, Safe inside your hands. [bridge] I thought love was something earned, Proved out over years. Turns out it's something given... It just shows up, and it's here. Four small feet at sunrise, Standing on my chest, Sayin' you're the one I trust now. You know what to do next. [chorus] Now she's sleeping in my hands, And my hands won't move at all. She can't be fooled, she can't be bought, She just knows... that's all. You wanna know what love feels like? It ain't hard to understand: It's something scared that shuts its eyes, Safe inside your hands. [outro] Nowhere I have to be... Nothing that can't wait. Just a heartbeat in my hands, And for once... that feels great.