WHEN WORDS LEARN TO BREATHE
by Robert Ramage
Intro
Late-night glow from a broken screen
Hearts talk loud when the world’s unseen
Every promise sounds so true
When all we have is words to use
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Verse 1
Typed-out feelings, midnight fire
Every line pulls the heart in tighter
You say I’m home, I say your name
Feels so real, but it’s still a flame
I’ve been burned, I’ve learned before
Love ain’t rushed through an open door
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Verse 2
I don’t doubt the way you feel
I just know what time reveals
Words can heal, words can hide
Truth needs space to step outside
I don’t need forever sworn
I just need the morning born
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Chorus
If this love is real, it won’t run
It won’t need to chase the sun
Let it stand, let it breathe
Let the heart catch up to the dreams
I believe in what we say
But I trust what time will prove someday
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Verse 3
I see beauty in the way you care
In the hope you place right there
I don’t call it wrong or false
Just a spark before the vault
I wanna laugh, I wanna touch
Not just feel, but feel enough
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Verse 4
I won’t cage your heart with fear
I won’t promise what’s not here
But I’ll walk it slow and true
If you want the same thing too
No illusions, no disguise
Just two souls, open-eyed
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Chorus (Repeat)
If this love is real, it’ll stay
It won’t fade in words we say
Let it stand, let it breathe
Let the truth come walk with me
I believe in what we feel
But I trust what time reveals
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Bridge (Triumph-style lift)
I’m not running, I’m not afraid
I’m just done with love that’s played
If we rise, we rise as one
Not because we said it —
But because we’ve done
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Final Chorus (Defiant / Hopeful)
If this love is real, it’ll grow
Stronger than the words we wrote
Let it stand, let it breathe
Let the heart learn what it needs
I still believe, I always will
But real love moves…
And real love waits
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Outro
So if these words become a start
Not a shield, not just a spark
Then maybe love from lines once typed
Can step into the light
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