Pizza Pan Promises
[Verse 1]
Gold’s Gym Brooklyn, front desk glow
You in turquoise, purple though
I’m blending smoothies, thinking I’m just
Doing my job, doing it well, that’s all I know
Trader Joe’s bags under the screen
You’d leave your groceries there with me
I didn’t see what was right in front
I was busy trying to survive my dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
I’d been walking miles with nowhere to land
Sleeping on floors with a life half-planned
Indiana roads, New York nights
Just trying not to disappear
[Chorus]
I didn’t have much, but you saw me
No act, no mask, no armor on me
I was standing there with nothing to prove
For the first time, I felt true
You didn’t love where I was
You loved where I was going
Eggs on the floor, pizza pan morning
And I finally felt chosen
[Verse 2]
Rockefeller lights, December cold
Mariah singing, crowd too close
Couldn’t hear you, couldn’t talk
Worst first date, yeah, I already know
You said it wasn’t great, I felt that too
So I let you see what I never do
Studio walls, borrowed chairs
A life half-built, but I didn’t care
I cooked you dinner like it meant my name
Roommates gone, nervous hands
Thought you’d leave when the night went quiet
But you stayed, yeah, you stayed right there
Morning came, no pots, no plan
Eggs on the floor from a pizza pan
You laughed, not once looked away
That’s when love finally made sense to me
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t have proof, I didn’t have pride
But you saw the man on the other side
Not who I was that broken year
But who I could be if you stayed near
[Chorus]
I didn’t have much, but you saw me
No act, no mask, no armor on me
I was standing there with nothing to prove
For the first time, I felt true
You didn’t love where I was
You loved where I was going
Eggs on the floor, pizza pan morning
And I finally felt chosen
[Bridge]
I told you if I ever had a home
Four walls that were really my own
If you helped me get there, I swear
I’d give you everything I am
Not promises, not borrowed plans
Just steady love and working hands
Every step, every climb
I’d make your future safe with mine
[Final Chorus]
I didn’t have much, but you saw me
And that faith rewrote my story
From Borough Hall dreams to a family name
You gave my life a deeper flame
Ten years gone, still standing strong
Little boy laughing, singing along
If love is proof of where you’ve been
Then Laura, you believed me in
[Outro]
Gold’s Gym echoes fade with time
But that first year still lives in mine
If I ever make it anywhere at all
It started with eggs on a kitchen floor
JLWatkins
