Fairweather Hands

I held the weight when you couldn't stand

Built you a shelter with my bare hands

Gave you my light when your sky went black

But when I fall you don't reach back

It's always me at the end of your line

Only calling when you're out of time

And I've been blind but now I see

This ain't love it's just using me

You take what you want and leave what you don't

I gave you my all but you never wrote

A single word a single prayer

When I needed you you weren't there

Fairweather hands you're never around

Only when you're lost do you want to be found

You wear my kindness like a second skin

But strip it off when the storm rolls in

I tried to believe you'd stand by me

But your loyalty's a ghost I'll never see

I'm not your anchor I'm not your crutch

I'm not a vessel for your shallow touch

I'm walking away I'm burning the rope

No more drowning in borrowed hope

You take what you want and leave what you don't

I gave you my all but you never wrote

A single word a single prayer

When I needed you you weren't there

Fairweather hands you're never around

Only when you're lost do you want to be found

I gave and I gave till I bled into sand

Now I'm pulling away from your fairweather hands