[Verse 1] I used to think Love had to hurt Had to come in loud Had to make me worse If I wasn’t shaking It wasn’t true If I wasn’t losing What did I have to prove? I called it fate When I stayed too long Called it passion When it felt wrong I made a home Out of being scared Then wondered why No one met me there [Pre-Chorus] I thought the pain Meant it was deep Thought I had to bleed To be seen [Chorus] Now I know Love is not the knife It’s the hand that stays Not the storm It’s the roof in the rain I used to beg The dark to make me whole Now I know Now I know It doesn’t have to burn To be mine It doesn’t have to break me To feel right I used to call the wreckage A sign Now I know Now I know [Verse 2] You didn’t come Like a warning Didn’t ask me To fall apart You just stayed In the morning Like it wasn’t hard That was new That was strange No big scene No holy ache Just your hand Near my hand And me not needing To run away [Pre-Chorus] You saw the mess And didn’t stare You let me choose To meet you there [Chorus] Now I know Love is not the knife It’s the hand that stays Not the storm It’s the roof in the rain I used to beg The dark to make me whole Now I know Now I know It doesn’t have to burn To be mine It doesn’t have to break me To feel right I used to call the wreckage A sign Now I know Now I know [Bridge] No crown of thorns No loaded gun No proving I’m worth Being loved by someone No holding my breath Till you decide No turning hurt Into a shrine Maybe real love Sounds this small You say my name And nothing falls [Final Chorus] Now I know Love is not the fall It’s the ground that waits Not the wound It’s the quiet that stays I used to think The dark made me whole Now I know Now I know It doesn’t have to burn To be mine It doesn’t have to break me To feel right You’re not my ruin You’re not my sign You’re real And now I know [Outro] No need to ask No need to run I look at you And nothing comes undone Now I know
