What Thing Love Is

Heart heavy, ticking like a broken metronome

Fistful of quarters, still can’t call it home

Sweat on my brow, drippin' stories untold

Pockets full of dreams but the seams done fold

Love’s a blindfold, walkin’ on a tightrope

Words like smoke signals, vanish when I cope

Sippin' on the truth, bitter in my throat

Carved my name in the air, but it still don’t float

Let me show you what thing love is

Not a diamond, not a hug, not a kiss

It’s the cracks in the mirror, the pain that persists

Let me show you what thing love is

Sweater weather feelings, stitched in the seams

Lonely conversations with my shattered dreams

A mountain of mistakes, climbing just to breathe

The summit ain’t the goal, it’s the journey that redeems

Memories sharp, like a shattered CD

Skipping through the tracks of the things I can’t see

A symphony of scars, playin' out my plea

Love ain’t no fairy tale; it’s raw, it’s gritty

Let me show you what thing love is

Not a diamond, not a hug, not a kiss

It’s the cracks in the mirror, the pain that persists

Let me show you what thing love is