Share the Cost

[Verse 1]
Somebody has to take the smaller share,
Leave the last warm blanket on the stair.
I give up the road I meant to take,
So more of us can cross the bridge we make.

[Chorus]
If we lose a little, let it mean something good,
A hand on the lever, a stake in the wood.
No one gets through untouched or unchanged—
We carry the cost, and we share what it saves.

[Verse 2]
We count the hours, we pass the plate,
We hold the door when the night runs late.
Not one life spent like it’s nothing to lose—
We choose what we give, and we choose it for whom.

[Bridge]
The greater good is not some distant name;
It’s every face that bears the same flame.

[Outro]
Let the price be known, let the reason be clear—
If I give something up, let it help someone here.