Thinking ain’t loving

Verse 1
You’d sit there turning every word
Like it held some deeper truth
Like love was just a puzzle piece
You had to overuse

You’d talk in circles late at night
‘Bout what it all might mean
But meaning don’t amount to much
When you don’t do a thing

Verse 2
You said you needed time to think
Like thinking made it real
But all your thoughts just built a wall
Between you and how you feel

You’d analyze me like a book
You never meant to read
Just flipping pages back and forth
While I was trying to be seen

Chorus
You kept thinking, thinking, thinking
While I was standing still
You were busy in your head
I was waiting on your will
But thinking ain’t loving
And it sure ain’t choosing me
You can drown in all your reasons
But that ain’t where I’ll be

Verse 3
There was always something in the way
Some problem you could name
A house, a past, a heavy mind
But it all led to the same

You’d say you cared, you’d say it mattered
Then you’d pull yourself apart
Like loving me was something
You had to overthink to start

Chorus
You kept thinking, thinking, thinking
Like it made you deep and true
But all that contemplation
Just kept me losing you
Yeah, thinking ain’t loving
And it don’t make you a man
If you can’t step out your head
And just reach out your hand

Bridge
Maybe you’ll sit with it someday
Turn it over, break it down
Find the moment that you lost me
While you were looking around

Outro
But I ain’t something you can figure out
Or circle back to when you’re through
You can keep your endless questions—
I was never one for you to solve

Folk acoustic music sung by a girl