Soap - The Oh Hellos

I’ve heard

Since I was younger

That oil and water don’t mix

They’re polar opposites

With a molecular rift you can’t fix

But I swear with all your burnt bridges

You could leech what’s caustic and find

A rudimentary lye

Some kinda miraculous bind

Oh no, I think I’m not quite ready

To let you circle the drain

All the things we’ve broken

Can be puzzled together again

All your sums and your pieces

Are enough to clean up

All the messes you’ve made

I think that you’re worth keeping around

I think you’re worth holding onto

I’ve heard if I were tougher

Then maybe I’d make it alive

I got a tender side

I’ll need a harder shell to survive

But if seeing is believing

I don’t know I’ve seen a thing grow

Without an open coat

Not without a softness showing

I know maybe you’re not quite ready

To loosen your hold

On the safety blanket

You been keeping around your shoulders

But your sums and your pieces

Are enough to make you whole

You gotta let go

I think that you’re worth keeping around

I think that you’re worth holding onto

It’s gonna hurt like hell

But we’re gonna be well

I’ll give you my best shot