THE BEST OF ME
Verse 1
I used to think love was a battlefield
Something you survived, something you concealed
Then came a light I never saw before
And suddenly I knew what I was fighting for
You changed the shape of every dream I had
Turned all my restless into something glad
And every road that nearly broke my feet
Still somehow led me where I had to be
Pre-Chorus
If you ever wonder
What kept me standing tall
It was never luck
It was never me at all
Chorus
You are the best of me
The part the world could never take
The reason I kept breathing
Through every kind of ache
You are the quiet strength
I found when I had none
The proof that something beautiful
Can rise from what we’ve done
And if I leave one thing behind
When all my days are through
I hope the best of me
Keeps living on in you
Verse 2
There were nights the dark came close enough
To make me think I wasn’t built for love
But every little moment pulled me back
A hand, a laugh, a heart against my chest
I learned that home is not a place you find
It’s something built in pieces over time
And even when the world is loud and cold
There’s still a kind of love that makes you whole
Pre-Chorus
If you ever feel lost
And don’t know where to go
There’s more inside your heart
Than you will ever know
Chorus
You are the best of me
The part the world could never take
The reason I kept breathing
Through every kind of ache
You are the quiet strength
I found when I had none
The proof that something beautiful
Can rise from what we’ve done
And if I leave one thing behind
When all my days are through
I hope the best of me
Keeps living on in you
Bridge
I won’t promise life is gentle
I won’t lie and say it’s fair
But when the weight gets heavy
Know there’s love still waiting there
Take the fire, take the softness
Take the courage, leave the fear
Take every piece worth keeping
And carry it from here
Final Chorus
You are the best of me
More than I could ever say
The reason I believe in things
I thought had gone away
You are the part of life
That made the struggle worth it all
The answer hiding underneath
Every rise and every fall
And if the years move faster
Than either of us knew
I hope the best of me
Keeps living on in you
Outro
Not my scars
Not my mistakes
Not the roads I had to lose
Just the love
Just the light
Just the best of me
In you.