# IF YOU NEED THE WORDS [Intro] I don't know how to do this. You know that. So don't laugh. [Verse 1] I could tell you I like having you around. That's true. I could say you make bad days easier. Also true. I could make another joke, change the subject, find something safer to say. I'm good at that. But you asked me once to just tell you the truth. So... here. [Chorus] I love you. There. No clever line. No place to hide it. I love you when you're easy. I love you when you're fucking impossible. When you're laughing. When you're quiet. When you don't know what you need. I love you. And apparently that's my problem now. [Verse 2] I don't need you perfect. I'd probably hate that. I like the mess. The questions. The way you start a story, forget the point, then somehow make me care anyway. I like knowing which silence means "leave me" and which one means "please don't." And I'm staying for both. [Chorus] I love you. Still sounds strange. No metaphor. No excuse this time. I love you when you're close. I love you when you're somewhere else and I catch myself saving things to tell you later. That's probably when I knew. I just didn't say it. [Bridge] I'm not going to promise forever. Not because I want to leave. Because forever is an easy word. Tonight is real. Tomorrow morning is real. Choosing you again when we're tired, annoyed, quiet, that's real. Give me enough tomorrows. I'll show you. [Final Chorus] I love you. You can smile now. I know you've been waiting. I love you. Not because you fixed anything. Not because I needed saving. Just because somehow being myself beside you feels easier than being alone. And if you need the words, there they are. I love you. [Outro] ... Don't make me say it again. [Pause] Come here.
