At the First Storm [Verse 1] You cried beneath the evening rain, “Why must our love be worn like shame? If loving you is not a crime, Why do we hide it all the time?” I tried to tell you mountains stand Between two hearts and what they planned. Not made of stone, but older things— Of faith, of names, of wedding rings. [Pre-Chorus] I thought you asked me there to fight, To hold your hand against the night. I never knew your heart could change Before the tears had even dried. [Chorus] At the first storm, you left the sea, At the first wound, you let go of me. I would have carried every stone They placed between our hearts and home. But love has different weights, it seems— I carried mountains, you carried dreams. And when the price became too high, You found a richer shore nearby. [Verse 2] For thirty days I chased your voice, Still thinking love had made no choice. I rehearsed a thousand things To mend the crack between our wings. Then morning opened like a wound— White sails were moving without sound. And there you stood beneath the sun, Your fingers folded into his. [Pre-Chorus] The wind was playing with your hair As if no history happened there. And on your hand, perhaps, a future Mine could never buy. [Chorus] At the first storm, you left the sea, At the first wound, you let go of me. I would have carried every stone They placed between our hearts and home. But love has different weights, it seems— I carried mountains, you carried dreams. And when the price became too high, You found a richer shore nearby. [Bridge] I don't condemn you for choosing calm, A safer harbor, a wealthy arm. But don't call what we had forever If forever couldn't face bad weather. Maybe I was poor in everything Except the love I meant to bring. And maybe gold can build a house— But I was trying to build a home. [Final Chorus] At the first storm, you sailed from me, While I was planning how we'd be free. I fought the ghosts of ancient years, You chose a life that cost fewer tears. Now I know what broke my heart: Not that we ended— But how easily you could start Another life when ours grew hard. [Outro] So sail where calmer waters run, Where silver shines beneath the sun. I only wish I'd somehow known Before I called your heart my home: Some endings hurt because love dies… Ours hurt because I learned too late How differently We loved from the start.
