Soft place to land

You say my name like it’s nothing

But it’s never nothing to me

Your hair still smells like Sunday mornings

And everything I can’t be

I’ve loved men, I’ve loved the wrong things

I’ve loved just to survive

But loving you feels like standing still

For the first time in my life

I don’t need you to choose me

I don’t need you to stay

I just need you to know

What your presence does to me

You’re the soft place I land

When the world’s too loud

The kind of love I don’t say

But I carry around

If wanting you’s a sin

Then I’ll keep it quiet and true

I don’t ask for your heart

I just break mine for you

Your hands don’t ask for answers

They just hold me when I shake

You don’t try to fix my sadness

You just let it ache

Every laugh, every silence

Feels heavier than truth

‘Cause I know what this is

And I know what it can’t do

I smile like I’m okay

I nod like I understand

But you look at me like you know

And God, that’s harder than pain

You’re the soft place I land

When the world’s too loud

The kind of love I don’t say

But I carry around

If wanting you’s a sin

Then I’ll keep it quiet and true

I don’t ask for your heart

I just break mine for you

If you ever find someone

Who can give you more

I’ll step back like I always do

Smile at the door

But every road I’ve ever loved

Leads back to you somehow

And I hate how safe you feel

When I know I shouldn’t now

You’re the soft place I land

And the reason I run

The love I’ll never explain

But I’ll never outrun

If this is all we are

I’ll take every bruise it brings

‘Cause loving you quietly

Still feels like everything

So don’t say you’re sorry

Just sit close like this

Some loves aren’t meant to be loud

They’re meant to exist