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A modern indie-folk song about the people who don't try to fix you. Three kinds of love rendered as three acts of presence — and the dawning recognition that being held is its own kind of strength.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] There is a kind of friend Who turns the volume up Who orders for the table Who fills the empty cup He doesn't try to fix me He just makes the room more loud And the loud becomes a kind of light That cuts the heavy clouds [Verse 2] There is a kind of friend Who counts before she speaks Who sees the way I shake And reaches for my sleeve She does not need to argue She does not need to plan The silence that she offers me Is louder than I am [Pre-Chorus] And I won't say it's easy And I won't say I'm fine But I know how this is going to go I know I'll be alright [Chorus - BIG] 'Cause they're here to carry me And the people just like you Are the reason that the broken ones Get to come out the other side new They're here to carry me Through the part I cannot do And I hope I get to be the one Who carries you through too They're here to carry me [Verse 3] There is a kind of love That a son can give Who picks up the phone on a Tuesday And just lets you live He doesn't try to fix it He just lets you feel And he tells you in the silence That eventually you'll heal [Pre-Chorus] And I won't say it's easy And I won't say I'm fine But I know how this is going to go I know I'll be alright [Chorus - BIG] 'Cause they're here to carry me And the people just like you Are the reason that the broken ones Get to come out the other side new They're here to carry me Through the part I cannot do And I hope I get to be the one Who carries you through too They're here to carry me [Bridge] I have been the one who lifts I have been the one who plans I have been the man who never had To open up his hands But the holding is the easy part The hard part is to fall Into the people who were always there You just don't see them all Until the day you need them Until the day you break And the world that you've been holding up Comes down for goodness sake And there they are still standing With their hands beneath your fall And you finally understand That this is how we get through it all [Final Chorus - BIG] 'Cause they're here to carry me And the people just like you Are the reason that the broken ones Get to come out the other side new They're here to carry me Through the part I cannot do And I hope I get to be the one Who carries you through too They're here to carry me They're here to carry me [Outro] They're here to carry me