Running Out of Heart

[Verse 1]
I joke about it with my friends
Say I'm fine just how I am
But every quiet Sunday night
I reach for someone who ain't there
Every time I start to fall
I talk too much, I hold too tight
They feel me shaking in their arms
And somehow I'm alone by sunrise
[Chorus]
I'm scared I'm running out of heart
Giving pieces till there's nothing left to give
What if I'm the one that breaks it
Every time I get a chance to live
Biggest fear that keeps me up
Ain't ghosts or going into the ground
It's dying with a full back seat
And no one riding when this truck breaks down
[Verse 2]
Mama says, "It only takes one"
Daddy shrugs, "It's in the Lord's hands"
I nod and change the subject quick
Pour my worry in a coffee can
I meet a smile, I feel that spark
Next thing, my head is ten years on
I scare 'em with a wedding ring
Before the first slow song is done
[Chorus]
I'm scared I'm running out of heart
Giving pieces till there's nothing left to give
What if I'm the one that breaks it
Every time I get a chance to live
Biggest fear that keeps me up
Ain't storms or this old body wearing out
It's dying with a folded suit
And no one crying in the second row down
[Bridge]
Maybe somewhere there's a light on
For a fool like me who loves too hard (too hard)
Till then I talk to God at midnight
"Don't let me leave here
Never having shared this heart"
[Chorus]
Yeah I'm scared I'm running out of heart
Giving pieces till there's nothing left to give
What if I'm the one that breaks it
Every time I get a chance to live
Biggest fear that keeps me up
Ain't leaving, it's leaving here unknown
It's taking all this aching love
And still somehow
Still somehow dying alone

country, Modern country ballad with male vocals; gentle acoustic guitar and soft piano build into a mid-tempo, emotionally charged chorus. Subtle pedal steel and warm bass cushion the vocal, with tight three-part harmonies on the hook. Second chorus adds light drums and ambient electric fills, blooming into a vulnerable yet anthemic singalong.