What You Said You’d Do

[Verse 1] You said you would remember, And later, you still did. You didn’t add another word, No need to make much of it. It might have passed unnoticed, Just one detail carried through. That was how I came to trust What you said you’d do. [Pre-Chorus] It wasn’t one occasion I could point to as the start. It was finding, over time, That your words and choices matched. [Chorus] What you said you’d do Was simple and came true. There was no distance between the words And what you chose to do. What you said you’d do Never needed to impress. I learned what words are worth By what came after them. [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Plans changed sometimes. You let me know they had. We found another way ahead Without making more of that. I saw that being steady Didn’t mean that nothing moved. Sometimes it meant speaking clearly When a promise couldn’t hold. [Pre-Chorus] It wasn’t about perfection Or never changing course. It was knowing I would hear the truth Before I had to ask. [Chorus] What you said you’d do Was simple and came true. There was no distance between the words And what you chose to do. What you said you’d do Never needed to impress. I learned what words are worth By what came after them. [Bridge] I once thought good intentions Were the closest thing to trust. Now I know a quieter kind: Say enough, and do as much. No need to make it beautiful Before the work begins. A promise finds its meaning In the life that follows it. [Final Chorus] What you said you’d do Was simple and came true. There was no distance between the words And what you chose to do. What you said you’d do Never needed to impress. I learned what words are worth By what comes after them. [Outro] What you said you’d do— Nothing more, and nothing less.