[Intro] Yeah… Ain’t think a man like me was built for peace Thought I was born for runnin’ Till you… Till you stayed [Verse 1] I used to wear that chaos like designer threads Cold nights, wrong flights, whiskey in my head Whole life movin’ like the world owed me somethin’ Heart half-dead but I kept that shit pumpin’ Everybody loved the mask I put on Smooth talk, dim lights, baby I’m gone But every road I hit curved back to your name Every “new start” felt exactly the same I left once thinkin’ freedom meant distance Left twice thinkin’ pain built resistance Truth is… I was scared of somethin’ real Scared a woman like you could break steel And I know I left scars where your trust used to be Still you held space in this world for me That kinda love ain’t normal, that’s fate You were my home while I was runnin’ from grace [Pre-Chorus] Now the night don’t hit the same No strangers kill the ache All them years I chased the dark You were light I couldn’t fake [Chorus] This that redemption… Late-night confession in a half-lit room Your voice cut clean through the smoke and doom I was out there losin’ myself piece by piece You were holdin’ onto hope when I couldn’t breathe This that redemption… A broken man finally layin’ down pride Lookin’ in your eyes like “don’t let me hide” All my roads led back to you eventually Love of my life… My destiny [Verse 2 – Rap] Yeah I done slept in empty beds with crowded souls Bottle full of poison tryin’ to fill these holes Acted like a king while my kingdom burned Funny how the hardest lessons get learned You knew every flaw, every selfish move Every lie I dressed in expensive truths Still when I hit bottom, who answered? You Ain’t no angel wings — just a love that’s true And that scares me ‘Cause I never had somebody see the worst And still treat my damaged heart like it had worth I was raised where love came sharp as a blade So I turned every good thing into a grave But you… You kept callin’ me back to life Back from the bars and the endless nights Back from the ego, the rage, the noise Back to the man I was scared to voice [Bridge] Maybe God writes crooked through sinners like me Maybe heaven looks like your hand in reach Maybe redemption ain’t clean or fast Maybe real love survives the past [Final Chorus] This that redemption… Slow dance shadows underneath blue light Jazz playin’ soft while we hold on tight No more runnin’ from the peace you give First time in my damn life I wanna live This that redemption… No diamonds, no gold, no fantasy Just your heartbeat steady next to me And after all the hell I put us through You still look at me… Like I’m worth savin’ too [Outro] I left twice… But my soul never did It stayed with you And maybe that’s what destiny is…
