She Has Me to Thank Lyrics

I found you in the dark

In the valley lookin' skyward

To the hills up above

Couldn't fly with broken wings

Couldn't see with clouded eyes

Couldn't find any warmth

From where you lay

I took you in, I cared for you

In my heart and in my home

As you prayed for dawn

I nursed your dampened spirit

I breathed love into your pain

Bound your every ache

Until you healed G

And when you found your strength

You turned on your heel to leave

Smiled at me

And you said 'thank you'

For teachin' you to love you

In the same way that I do, I

Fixed your broken heart so it

Had room to love her right

I healed your wings, broken bird

So you could fly home to her

Land in arms that never had

To hold your darkness back

She has me to thank

For that

It was all I had to give

You grew strong, as I weakened

Bold as I tired

My wounds they stayed open

My bones they stayed broke

Gave you the only healing

Salve I owned

As the mountain gives her shelter

To the river as he runs

So the river must move on

Renewed from her protection

Better now than he's been

Belonging to himself

And him alone

And the mountain at her highest

The most that she can give

Is her stone

So you said 'thank you'

For teachin' you to love you

In the same way that I do, I

Fixed your broken heart so it

Had room to love her right

I healed your wings, broken bird

So you could fly home to her

Land in arms that never had

To hold your darkness back

She has me to thank

For that

She'll never know

The man you were before

She'll never know

The arms that kept your demons at bay

The hands that wiped your tears away

The lungs that gave you air

When you could barely breathe

The heart that gave its courage

So you could freely leave

But you know

And you say 'thank you'

For teachin' you to love you

In the same way that I do, I

Fixed your broken heart so it

Had room to love her right

I healed your wings, broken bird

So you could fly home to her

Land in arms that never had

To hold your darkness back

She has me to thank

For that

I healed your wings, broken bird

So you could fly home to her

Land in arms that never had

To hold your darkness

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