If I don’t love you

If I Don’t Love You

For Julie

Verse 1

Tell me, if I don’t love you,

Why do I miss you this much?

Why does an empty room remind me

Of the warmth inside your touch?

Why do I hear your voice in silence,

Why does your memory pull me through?

If my heart has really let you go,

Why does it keep running back to you?

Pre-Chorus

Maybe love ain’t always easy,

Maybe sometimes we lose our way,

But if you didn’t mean the world to me,

Why does it hurt when you walk away?

Chorus

If I don’t love you, why do I miss you?

Why does it hurt so much inside?

Why do I reach across the bed at night

Hoping you’re there by my side?

If I don’t need you, why does my whole world

Feel different when we’re apart?

Maybe the answer’s been here all along—

Julie, you still have my heart.

Verse 2

We’ve walked through years of memories,

Through laughter, tears, and change,

We’ve held each other through the storms

When life rearranged our plans.

You’ve seen the man behind the smile,

The parts I tried to hide,

And somehow through my imperfections,

You kept standing by my side.

Pre-Chorus

So maybe words said in the moment

Don’t always tell what’s true,

Because every road my heart keeps taking

Somehow leads me back to you.

Chorus

If I don’t love you, why do I miss you?

Why does it hurt so much inside?

Why do I reach across the bed at night

Hoping you’re there by my side?

If I don’t need you, why does my whole world

Feel different when we’re apart?

Maybe the answer’s been here all along—

Julie, you still have my heart.

Bridge

Love isn’t always roses,

It isn’t always perfect days.

Sometimes love gets tired and wounded,

Sometimes pride gets in the way.

But when I picture life without you,

There’s one truth I can’t undo—

I can question almost everything,

But I can’t stop loving you.

Final Chorus

So if I don’t love you, why do I miss you?

Why do these tears still fall?

Why, when everything gets heavy,

Are you still the one I want to call?

If I don’t love you, why does losing you

Feel like losing part of me?

Maybe love was never really gone,

Maybe I was too hurt to see.

And if you ever wonder where my heart is,

After everything we’ve been through—

Listen closely to the answer:

Julie…

I still choose you.