My Body Says Run, My Heart Says Stay [Verse 1] When danger comes without a sound, The oldest parts of us awake, Some raise their fists, some leave the ground, Some turn to stone before they break. Fight or flight, freeze or fawn, Sometimes we simply disappear, The body learns before the mind What love has taught it most to fear. [Pre-Chorus] And you were never just a memory, You became a signal in my veins, My heart would race, my hands go cold, At the slightest echo of your name. [Chorus] My body says run, But my heart says stay, One remembers danger, One remembers yesterday. I freeze when love comes near me, Still I ache to feel its flame, How can something hurt me deeply And still be what I crave? I don't want a life without love, Just a love that lets me breathe, Something warm enough to hold me, Safe enough for me to leave All the alarms behind me— All the ghosts that call my name. My body says run, But my heart still wants to stay. [Verse 2] There was sweetness in our talking, There was color in the air, Ordinary nights felt sacred Just because I found you there. Then somewhere between love and losing, Tenderness became a threat, Now my nervous system trembles At the things I can't forget. [Pre-Chorus] Still I cannot call love guilty For the wounds one love has made, I refuse to spend forever Building walls to feel safe. [Chorus] My body says run, But my heart says stay, One remembers danger, One remembers yesterday. I freeze when love comes near me, Still I ache to feel its flame, How can something hurt me deeply And still be what I crave? [Bridge] So teach me love without the sirens, Touch my soul without the war, Let me learn that an open doorway Doesn't mean I'll hurt once more. I don't need a perfect lover, I don't need a painless life, I just need to stop confusing Every heartbeat with a fight. Maybe healing isn't leaving Every memory behind— Maybe healing means remembering Without surrendering my life. [Final Chorus] My body may say run, But my heart can learn to stay, Not inside the arms that broke me— In a kinder love someday. I will tremble, I will breathe, I will teach these bones again: Love can come without a battle, Touch can come without the pain. I still want the midnight talking, I still want that sweetness too, I won't let one wounded story Take away what love can do. My body learned the danger, Now my heart will learn the way— Not back into the fire, But toward a love Where I can stay.
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