Everybody talks about love like it's always sunshine
Like it's butterflies and late night conversations
But nobody tells you about the nights you sleep on opposite sides
The mornings where the silence feels like a wall between two strangers
Nobody tells you that forever is a choice you make
When choosing to leave would be so much easier
I've seen couples fall apart over smaller things than this
Watched my parents give up when the road got rough
Told myself I'd never be that man who walks away
When the woman he promised forever to needs him to stay
And I meant it then, I mean it now even more
Because loving you taught me what these words are for
I'm not going anywhere when the rain starts falling
Not going to run when the thunder calls my name
I know it's hard right now, I know we're barely holding on
But I'd rather fight beside you than be comfortable alone
This is what love requires, not just the easy days
But the nights we question everything and choose to stay anyway
You asked me last night if I still loved you the same
And I couldn't answer right away, not because I don't
But because the love I have for you now is different than before
It's deeper, it's tested, it's walked through fire and survived
It's not the love of a boy who didn't know any better
It's the love of a man who knows exactly what he has
I've memorized the way you breathe when you're frustrated
The silence that means you need space, not solutions
I've learned that sometimes the strongest thing I can do
Is hold you without trying to fix what I can't understand
And I'm still learning, probably will be for the rest of my life
But I'm here for every lesson if you're still willing to teach
This isn't giving up on us, this is just a chapter
One we'll look back on and see how far we came
The couples that make it aren't the ones without problems
They're the ones who decided their love was worth the pain
So let me be clear in case you ever doubt my intentions
I'm staying through the storm until the sun comes back again
We built something too real to let it crumble now
Too many memories living in these walls we made together
I see our future in your eyes even when they're filled with tears
I see the life we planned still waiting on the other side of this
So take my hand, let's walk through this valley together
Because on the other side is everything we ever wanted
And I'm not letting go
SoulStrings
