I Swear I Love You

Intro – gentle fingerpicked acoustic, soft slide guitar] Sometimes you move so fast you forget to see what’s right in front of you… [Verse 1] I packed up my life in an old beat up suitcase,.. Left that small ass town, chasing the American dream. Eight hundred dollars in my pocket and a stubborn will to succeed, Found work, found purpose, found time to kill. Then I found you — or maybe you found me, In a world too loud for a guy like me. You had pride in the small things, grace in your hands, The kind of love I never planned. [Pre-Chorus] But I was drivin’ too fast to stop, Too proud to say what I forgot — That love don’t last on autopilot, And silence grows into a riot. [Chorus – echoing Lee Brice's sentiment with original lines] 🎵 I’m hard to love, I know it’s true, I mess things up when I don’t mean to. You stayed when most would walk away, Built a home in all my yesterdays. 🎵 But baby, if I lose you now, It won’t be 'cause you weren’t allowed. It’ll be ‘cause I couldn’t break through — I’m hard to love… But I swear I love you. 🎵 [Verse 2] I was chasing wins, chasing highs, Thought money could fix the tears in your eyes. I thought “Look what I built” would be enough, But I missed how you felt when life got tough. I let that demon in, called it relief, Never saw what it stole underneath. I thought I could handle the damage I caused, But it’s your love I might have lost. [Pre-Chorus] You held me up when I couldn’t stand, You touched the cracks with your bare hands. But now I see you turning slow, And I swear I won’t let you go. [Chorus – bigger with harmony] 🎵 I’m hard to love, I don’t deny, But I’d change it all if you'd just try. I’m not the man I used to be, Still learning how to set you free. 🎵 But not to walk, not to leave — To free you from the weight of me. If you still got one spark in you, Don’t give up on me too. 🎵 [Bridge – quiet, almost spoken, raw emotion] I know I ain’t easy… I build walls just to feel safe… But you climbed every one without asking, And I can’t let that go to waste. [Final Chorus – stripped down then swells] 🎵 Yeah I’m hard to love, but I still try, To give you more than just goodbye. I messed it up, I made it rough, But girl, you made me feel enough. 🎵 And if you’re standin’ at that door, Please don’t close it like before. I’m beggin’, not too proud to lose — I’m hard to love… But not too hard to choose. 🎵 [Outro – soft acoustic fade-out] I may be hard to love... But you were always easy to lose. And that’s on me.