Grow old with the fire

Verse 1
I’ve been staring at the ceiling
While you’re sleeping next to me
Trying not to wake you up
With the weight of what I need

You say I’ve got your heart
You wanna grow old in this house
But I don’t know what that means
If you don’t reach back when I reach out

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Pre-Chorus
I’m not asking for forever
If forever’s just polite

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Chorus
I don’t just want your heart
I want your hunger
I wanna feel you want me
Like there’s no other

I don’t wanna be the safe place
You land when you’re tired
I wanna see that look again
Like I set you on fire

I don’t wanna grow old
As somebody you keep
I wanna be the man
You can’t help but need

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Verse 2
You’re the mother of my boy
And I’ll never take that light
But what are we teaching him
If love don’t feel alive?

I don’t think you’re broken
And I don’t think I’m wrong
Maybe we just lost the part
That used to pull us strong

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Pre-Chorus
And I won’t fight you for desire
But I won’t fake it either

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Chorus
I don’t just want your heart
I want your hunger
I wanna feel you choose me
Not just recover

I don’t wanna be your comfort
If the fire’s gone cold
I don’t wanna spend my life
Feeling half-held

I don’t wanna win
I don’t wanna fight
I just want a love
That feels alive at night

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Bridge (stripped down, emotional)
And if you can live without it
Maybe I can’t
Maybe that’s the truth
We never planned

And I hope you find
What makes you light up
Even if it ain’t me
Even if it cuts

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Final Chorus (bigger, raw)
I don’t just want your heart
I want your hunger
If we’re growing old together
Let it pull us under

I don’t wanna fade away
In something safe and neat
I’d rather hurt with honesty
Than die in slow defeat

Cameron Whitcomb/falling in reverse, rock