Verse 1
You’ve loved me longer than I admit
Longer than I ever sit with
Every time you reached for more
I stepped back from the door
You see a future steady and bright
I see the storm behind my eyes
You call it love, you call it fate
I call it something I’m afraid to break
You don’t know what my emotions do
When they finally get close to you
They don’t land soft
They don’t move slow
They consume rooms
And overload
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Pre-Chorus
You say you can handle me
You say you’re not scared
But I’ve seen what happens
When I let someone there
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Chorus
I won’t let you step inside
The wolf den that I hide
My heart don’t open gentle
It devours what’s sentimental
I’d rather keep you safe
On the edge of my world
Than let you see
The chaos I hold
You deserve a love that’s calm and clear
Not the war that lives in here
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Verse 2
We were close enough to build a life
Close enough to call you “wife”
Close enough to almost hold
A little soul we never got to know
We lost her
And I shut down
Built higher walls
Didn’t make a sound
You grieved with open hands
I grieved like broken glass
You reached for comfort
I reached for distance
Like I always have
And the way you see yourself sometimes
The love you think you earn
The things you choose to tolerate
The bridges you let burn
You say you’re strong enough for me
But strength ain’t what I see
If you still accept less than you deserve
How could you survive with me?
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Pre-Chorus
You think time made me softer
But it only made me aware
I don’t fear loving you
I fear what happens when I care
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Chorus
I won’t let you step inside
The wolf den that I hide
My heart don’t open gentle
It tears through what’s essential
I’ve ruined love with honesty
With intensity
With too much of me
And I won’t let you be
Another casualty
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Bridge
You see strength
I see damage
You see depth
I see panic
You think enduring pain is love
You wear it like a crown
But loving me is different
It would pull the ceiling down
You say, “I’m not leaving.”
But what if I change you?
What if my storms
Rearrange you?
I value you too much
To gamble with your peace
Sometimes protection
Looks like distance
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Final Chorus (Stripped)
I won’t let you step inside
The wolf den that I hide
I’d rather love you safely
From the outside
If I ever lose you
It won’t be from a fight
It’ll be from fear
Of loving you right
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Outro
You deserve something steady.
Not a man still learning
How not to burn
The ones he holds.
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