Spare Parts

Please don’t cry
I don’t know how to deal with tears
What to do when a heart tears
How to comfort hopeless fears

I’ve been just as scared as you
Felt as cold and alone
Walked the same path
And fell in the same hole

I could offer you advice
But I didn’t want it then
I don’t think you want it now
Or even if this happens again

So I’ll hold you here
Let your tears stain my shirt
Offer a sympathetic ear
To listen to your hurts

I wasn’t the first to be hurt
And you won’t be the last
Heart break and plunder
Aren’t likely to be left in the past

Just remember I’m here for you
And when the next one comes
Or the next one leaves
I’ll always help reassemble the crumbs
Left by those selfish thieves

I’ll give you spare parts
Taken from my own chest
May not install perfectly
But they’ll fight through every test