Forever and Always Duet

Verse 1 I learned to make a home Out of rooms where no one stayed Folded up my heart So it wouldn’t take up space I was a quiet little ghost In the corners of their lives Reaching out with empty hands Watching love pass by They used my name like a doorway Only opened when they’d leave Took the light I had inside me Then blamed me when I couldn’t breathe I kept asking every mirror What was wrong with being me But all I ever heard was silence Where an answer ought to be Pre-Chorus And I carried all the bruises Like they were proof I should disappear I thought love was just a language I was never meant to hear Chorus Then you saw me in the darkness And you didn’t turn away You held the pieces I was hiding Like they still deserved a place You loved the parts they called too broken You kissed the wounds I couldn’t name After all my years of running You made me want to stay You are caring, you are patient You are everything they weren’t You touched the ashes in my chest And taught my heart it still could burn When the world had left me hollow You became my saving grace You saw my darkness and still stayed Forever and always Verse 2 I used to flinch at kindness Like it had a hidden blade Used to wait for every promise To crack and fall away But you spoke to me so gently That my walls forgot their war And for the first time in forever I didn’t guard the door You never asked me to be spotless Never made my pain a crime Never treated all my scars Like they were wasting precious time You sat beside the shadow Till it didn’t feel so cold And piece by piece you showed me I was worthy to be held Pre-Chorus Now the child inside me trembles When you say that you won’t leave But every day you keep choosing me And I’m learning to believe Final Chorus You saw me in the darkness And you didn’t turn away You held the life I almost lost And gave it back to me with grace You loved the parts they called too broken You spoke peace into my shame After all my years of aching You made love feel safe You are caring, you are patient You are home beneath my skin You found the child they left behind And brought them back again When the world had left me hollow You became my saving grace You saw my darkness and still stayed Forever and always Outro Forever and always Through the night, through the pain Forever and always You love me anyway Forever and always You saw the truth beneath the scars And stayed beside my heart Forever and always (Spoken) Littlebird I Love You (Spoken) Littlebird