Build With Me

I can't offer you a mansion on the hill right now

Can't promise you diamonds or vacations every month

My bank account doesn't have enough zeros yet

To give you the life that magazines say you deserve

But I've got two hands that will work until they're calloused

And a heart that chose you before it chose anything else

I know there are men out there who could give you more things

Who could buy you the car, the house, the security

But can they give you what I'm offering tonight

A partner who will climb beside you, not carry you

Someone who wants to earn it with you, not for you

Because the view is better when we both made the climb

Build with me, that's all I'm asking

Take this foundation and let's make it something real

I don't want to hand you a finished house

I want to lay every brick beside you

So when we're old and looking at what we created

We can say we did that together, every single piece

My father told me that a woman who stays when you have nothing

Is the woman who deserves everything when you have it all

And I'm looking at you now with empty pockets and full intentions

Asking you to bet on potential, bet on promises

Bet on the man I'm becoming not just the man I am

I know that's asking a lot but I'm worth the risk

There's going to be nights we eat dinner on the floor

Because we can't afford the table we want yet

There's going to be months where we count every dollar

Where dreams feel further than they did before

But there's also going to be the day we make it

And every struggle will become our favorite story

I'm not asking you to struggle, I'm asking you to build

There's a difference between suffering and investing

Every sacrifice we make today pays dividends tomorrow

Every no we say now opens doors for bigger yeses later

I've got the vision, I've got the plan, I've got the drive

I just need a woman who sees what I see in us

Build with me, not because you have to

But because you believe in what we could be

I promise you the wait will be worth it

I promise you these hands won't stop working

Until every dream you whispered in the dark

Is standing in the daylight where everyone can see

So what do you say, are you in or are you out

Can you love a man who's still under construction

Who's got blueprints in his pocket and ambition in his chest

Who can't give you everything but will give you his best

Until his best becomes more than enough

Build with me baby, let's create something they'll remember