You never shelter me So I'll be the first to leave Promise to keep the peace But you never shelter me You never shelter me When I need it, when I need it So I'll be the first to leave When I'm needed, when I'm needed Promise to keep the peace Can you keep it, can you keep it But you never shelter me One thing you could always do is keep me waiting I don't like it slow, isn't it hard to play it cool, I hate it You pull on my sleeves but you don't know me yet I see our kids, I see you walking the first time we fight One missing text and I'll ask everyone if you're worth it You gonna show up You never shelter me So I'll be the first to leave Promise to keep the peace But you never shelter me You never shelter me When I need it, when I need it So I'll be the first to leave When I'm needed, when I'm needed Promise to keep the peace Can you keep it, can you keep it But you never shelter me I give too much The weight changed I give too much I give too much I give too much The weight changed I give too much She's hard to bear I give too much