Lyrics
[Verse]
She wasn’t the only one
No
Not the only
But the way she stood in the doorway
Left me lonely
Eyes like a warning
Hands cold as steel
Was it her I feared
Or the way she made me feel?
[Chorus]
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s the one I see
The only one that’s got me
Got me leveling me
All the rest were shadows
Pale in her flame
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s the only name
[Verse 2]
She left a map in the folds of her dress
Every road led me back
Though I tried to confess
The others were flickers
Faint in the sun
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s the only one
[Bridge]
Could’ve stayed in the shallows
Kept it all neat
But she dragged me to rivers
Swept me off my feet
Now I’m climbing these cliffs
The air’s getting thin
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s where I begin
[Chorus]
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s the one I see
The only one that’s got me
Got me leveling me
All the rest were shadows
Pale in her flame
She wasn’t the only one
But she’s the only name
[Outro]
Now the strings hum low
The air tastes like rain
She’s gone
But her echo still burns in my brain
She wasn’t the only one
No
Not the only
But she’s the one that made the world feel holy