[Intro – Soft, Intimate] Baby boy… I know you’re trying not to cry I see it hiding in the way you look away You say you’re fine, but I know that little silence You get when you don’t know what to say [Verse 1] You think I only see the damage All the roads that left you bruised But I see the boy beneath the armor And every part you tried to lose You came into my life like a storm Dust on your boots, midnight in your eyes Two short months felt like forever Every kiss made the whole world quiet You never told me all your reasons But I learned them in your hands There was something soft inside you That you never thought I'd understand [Pre-Chorus] So don't tell me you're too broken Don't tell me I deserve somebody new I never loved the man they warned me about I fell for the man I found in you I see the fear behind your anger I hear the hurt beneath your pride And when you say you're gonna leave me Baby, I'm not ready to say goodbye [Chorus – Full Emotion] You say you're sorry, say you're leaving Like disappearing somehow keeps me safe You think if you become a memory It'll hurt less than watching you break But loving you was never perfect And I never asked it to be I'd rather stand beside your darkness Than pretend your light was all I needed to see [Verse 2] So if you're gripping that old handlebar With tears burning behind your eyes If that engine's louder than your heartbeat And you're chasing some forgotten highway Know there's a woman back behind you Who still knows the truth you hide You don't have to outrun your past You don't have to leave me to survive You call yourself a danger I call you someone scared to stay You call your heart a wrecked-out ruin I call it something worth saving [Pre-Chorus 2 – Building] And every scar you tried to cover Only tells me what you've been through I don't need some perfect stranger I just want the real you You don't have to wear that armor You don't have to disappear If you're falling apart tonight You can fall apart right here [Chorus – Bigger] You say you're sorry, say you're leaving Like disappearing somehow keeps me safe You think if you become a memory It'll hurt less than watching you break But loving you was never perfect And I never asked it to be I'd rather stand beside your darkness Than pretend your light was all I needed to see So if that highway calls your name And you can't find a reason to stay Just know this heart will still remember The man I saw beneath the pain [Bridge – Breakdown / Emotional Peak] If you go, I won't curse your name I won't pretend that I don't care I'll leave a light on in the window Even if you never make it there But don't mistake my tears for weakness And don't mistake my love for chains I won't hold you against your will But I'll remember you through every change You said you'd rather I remember Who you were before the world got cold But baby, I remember both men The one you were and the one you hold [Final Chorus – Maximum Emotion] You wanted me to remember you As the man you were before the pain But I will remember every version Every loss, every scar, every change You didn't break my heart by loving me You broke it by believing you had to leave I don't need you to be flawless I just need you to be free I loved the trembling hands The restless nights, the guarded soul Every broken piece you tried to hide Was another piece I wanted to know So ride if you have to, baby Let the highway swallow up your tears But somewhere beneath that midnight sky Know my love was always sincere [Outro – Quiet / Fading] And if you ever find your way back You won't have to knock twice I'll still remember how you looked at me Before you ran into the night You thought you'd disappear from me… But that's not how love works. The way I saw you Was never the way they did. They saw everything you were afraid of… I saw the man beneath it. And even if you disappear tonight… You'll never disappear from me.
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