[VERSE 1 — intimate, close-mic, almost conversational] I've seen you when the light was easy I've seen you when you couldn't hide I've watched you carry every question Like the answer might be waiting on the other side I've seen the walls you built around you I've heard the silence after "I'm fine" And I won't tell you love is perfect But I've never needed perfect to call you mine [PRE-CHORUS — gradually opening] You don't have to be fearless You don't have to know what comes next You don't have to carry heaven With the whole world sitting on your chest [CHORUS — warm, soaring, emotionally direct] I know every version of you The beautiful and the bruised The one who gives everything away The one who's got nothing left to lose And I don't need forever Sworn beneath a thousand stars Just give me your hand when the ground disappears And I'll meet you where you are If tomorrow changes everything If the road pulls us somewhere new I'll find you in the middle I know every version of you [VERSE 2 — intimate, slightly more rhythmic] I've seen you give until you're empty Put everybody else before yourself I've watched you turn your own forgiveness Into something you could never give yourself And I've had nights I couldn't answer I've had fears I couldn't explain But maybe love was never promised Maybe love is choosing each other anyway [PRE-CHORUS — building] So you don't have to hide your heart Just because it's been afraid You don't have to make it beautiful You can bring me what you can't say [CHORUS — fuller, more passionate] I know every version of you The beautiful and the bruised The one who laughs through all the heartbreak Just to keep from breaking too And I don't need forever Sworn beneath a thousand stars Just give me your hand when the ground disappears And I'll meet you where you are If tomorrow changes everything If the road pulls us somewhere new I'll find you in the middle I know every version of you [BRIDGE — stripped down, vulnerable] Maybe love isn't knowing How the story's gonna end Maybe it's standing in the wreckage And still reaching for their hand You don't have to earn my staying You don't have to prove you're strong I've seen the places where you're hurting And I'm not running from them anymore [BUILD — increasingly emotional] So take my hand Just as you are No perfect ending No map, no stars If all we have Is right here, right now Then right here Is enough somehow [FINAL CHORUS — soaring, full emotional release] I know every version of you The beautiful and the bruised The one who loses all her faith And finds a little more to lose And I don't need forever Written somewhere in the sky I just need the truth between us Every morning, every night If tomorrow changes everything If the road pulls us somewhere new I'll find you in the middle I'll keep finding my way to you [OUTRO — soft, intimate] I've seen every version of you The broken and the beautiful too And after everything we've been through I'm still here Still choosing you
