the one who's not enough

it takes a while to shake off the dust

to mend what's torn

clear off the rust

the journey back is long and rough

when you've been the one who's not enough

paper wings or feet of clay

when you come up short you get thrown away

like all this old and useless stuff

you are the one who's not enough

in a loveless house i did once dwell

but i held my tongue

i did not tell

'cause there's so much shame where there's so much hell

when you are the one

you are the one

when love is new

it seems the heart's too small

to even try to hold it all

but when it fades and fade it does

there's always one who's not enough

it takes some time to shake off the dust

to believe again in the things you must

like your oldest friend and your closest kin

it takes some time to be enough again

and the sky is lit with a thousand stars

and the time is short and the world is ours