[Verse 1]
There was a young man traveling free
University days, wild and alive
Open to all that he could see
Until his father said goodbye
Grief cracked him open, made him soft
Searching for something to believe
The man who once lived dreams aloft
Now needed someone else to need
[Chorus]
When you're broken, you might choose
Someone else's deeper wound
Think you're helping, think you're strong
But you're filling holes in you
When you're broken, you might choose
Love that feels like being used
The caretaker and the saved
Both are running from their truth
[Verse 2]
He met her damage, saw her pain
And something deep inside him stirred
Not love despite her heavy chains
But love because of what he heard
His grief was looking for a home
A purpose big enough to stay
The orphaned son who used to roam
Found someone broken he could save
[Chorus]
When you're broken, you might choose
Someone else's deeper wound
Think you're helping, think you're strong
But you're filling holes in you
When you're broken, you might choose
Love that feels like being used
The caretaker and the saved
Both are running from their truth
[Bridge]
It works for years, this silent trade
Your wound becomes my sacred task
But slowly all your life will fade
When someone else's need's your mask
The future dies when present's pain
Becomes the only thing you know
Two broken people in love's name
But neither one can really grow
[Chorus]
When you're broken, you might choose
Someone else's deeper wound
Think you're helping, think you're strong
But you're filling holes in you
When you're broken, you might choose
Love that feels like being used
The caretaker and the saved
Both are running from their truth
[Outro]
Reflection shows us what we hide
The patterns that we can't quite see
Sometimes our love is grief disguised
And wounds attract what cannot heal