The First Hard Beat

[Verse 1] I buried every dream I stopped believing in forever I learned to sleep alone And call the silence better I wore my scars beneath my skin So no one could see the damage I told myself, “Don’t fall again” Love was no longer worth the wreckage Then you walked into my life Like you had always known the way And something I had buried deep Started breathing again that day [Pre-Chorus] I don't know what you saw in me I only know what I couldn't see A heart I thought had died Was still beating underneath [Chorus] I said I was done I said I was out I said there was nothing in me Worth turning around for now Then you hit me clean Like a fist to the chest No grand rescue, no pretty speech Just proof I wasn't finished yet I said I was done But you stood there And all at once I cared [Verse 2] You never asked me to forget The things that made me who I am You touched the broken parts of me Like they were something you could understand You didn't promise me forever You didn't have to swear your soul You simply stayed when I was certain That everyone eventually goes And that was when I understood Why every road had led me here Some people don't arrive to love you They arrive to make you believe again [Pre-Chorus] You didn't erase my darkness You taught me not to fear it And for the first time in my life I wanted someone near it [Chorus] I said I was done I said I was out I said there was nothing in me Worth turning around for now Then you hit me clean Like a fist to the chest No grand rescue, no pretty speech Just proof I wasn't finished yet I said I was done But you stood there And all at once I cared [Bridge] Maybe love isn't a rescue Maybe it's someone staying When the room goes quiet And you're sure there's nothing left to say Someone who sits with your silence Until it starts to sound like yours again Someone who reaches for the locked door And doesn't force it open They wait And the waiting feels like mercy [Final Chorus] I said I was done God, I was so wrong I said the best of me Had already come and gone Then you took my hand And the floor came back No pretty promise, no silver line Just one hard, steady fact I said I was done But you pulled me through And all at once I moved I said I was done But it was only sleeping And you… You were the first hard beat I could feel [Outro] So if you ever ask me When I knew you were the one… It wasn't when you kissed me. It wasn't when you said my name. It was the moment I stopped looking for an exit. It was the moment I wanted tomorrow.