A Word Like Weather Daryl Da Dropout (Fire Cut)

[Start] [Intro – spoken, soft over warm dusty keys] I used to think love was one thing. Like either you had it or you didn’t. Now I don’t know. Maybe that’s better. [Verse 1] Love was Mama coming home half-asleep Still checking every plate before she eat Love was my little brother wearing my shoes Even though the left one leaned confused Love was rent due, everybody quiet Nobody saying fear, but we all inside it Love was stretching what could not stretch And still acting full for the youngest left I thought love had to sound real clean Like movie strings and a perfect scene But most times love got dishes stacked And somebody saying, “I got it,” while holding back I seen love tired I seen love late I seen love stand in a grocery gate Counting change with a careful face Still making room for grace [Chorus – tender, uncertain] Love got a thousand meanings I only learned a few It ain’t always fireworks Sometimes it just gets you through Love got no one shape No clean little truth Sometimes it look like staying Sometimes it look like moving I don’t know how to hold it I don’t know what it proves But I know when it finds me Something in me gets loose [Verse 2] Love might be somebody saving you a seat Might be no questions when you don’t wanna speak Might be a hand not reaching too fast Might be patience with a nervous laugh Might be your homie checking twice When your fake smile don’t sit right Might be silence riding shotgun Letting the night breathe till the hurt done Might be wanting somebody close But not knowing what name that wants supposed To carry in daylight, out loud, free So you keep it folded where nobody see Maybe love is brave Maybe love is scared Maybe both got space in there Maybe love don’t fix the bruise Just sits beside it and tells the truth [Chorus – tender, uncertain] Love got a thousand meanings I only learned a few It ain’t always fireworks Sometimes it just gets you through Love got no one shape No clean little truth Sometimes it look like staying Sometimes it look like moving I don’t know how to hold it I don’t know what it proves But I know when it finds me Something in me gets loose [Bridge – beat pulls back] I don’t wanna make it smaller Just so I can understand Don’t wanna trap it in one body One promise One plan Maybe love ain’t the answer Maybe love is the room Where the answer can land [Verse 3] I felt love in the dumbest places Bus stop wind and tired faces Corner store clerk saying, “Be safe” Like the whole world ain’t lost faith I felt love when the kids all laughed Over some broke joke that shouldn’t last When the house got loud and the lights stayed on Even though everything else felt wrong I felt love in almosts too Almost said it, almost knew Almost reached, almost ran Almost let somebody understand Maybe one day I won’t flinch When the good thing comes close in inches Maybe I’ll let it see my name Without dressing it up in shame Till then I’m learning Slow as I can Love ain’t a thing I command It ain’t a trophy, ain’t a debt It’s the part of life I ain’t solved yet [Final Chorus – warmer, still unresolved] Love got a thousand meanings I only learned a few It ain’t always fireworks Sometimes it just gets you through Love got no one shape No clean little truth Sometimes it look like staying Sometimes it look like moving I don’t know how to hold it I don’t know what it proves But I know when it finds me Something in me gets loose [Outro – spoken, quiet] Maybe that’s love. Not knowing what to call it yet… but still opening your hand. [End]