WEIGHT OF THREE WORDS
[INTRO]
(soft guitar, voice close)
three words…
they sound simple…
but they’re not…
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[VERSE 1]
"I love you" ain’t easy, it ain’t light
It’s not a line you drop just to feel right
It don’t live in a text you send at night
Then forget in the morning light
It grows in silence, it learns through pain
Through knowing the soul, not just the name
People chase sparks, the rush, the thrill
But miss the part where you sit still
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Past the first talk, past the charm
Past the safe place in someone’s arms
When the mask slips, when truth shows through
That’s when it starts being real with you
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[CHORUS]
Real love is built, it’s worn, it’s tried
It stands through storms when you wanna hide
It’s “I’d choose you on the hardest days”
Not just the sunshine, not just the praise
So don’t say the words if you don’t feel the weight
‘Cause real love waits… and real love stays
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[VERSE 2]
Yeah there’s many kinds, but only one kind knows
How to hold you close when the cold wind blows
Through the distance, through the doubt
Through the nights you wanna walk out
Through the differences, the uncomfortable
Through the silence that gets unbearable
But you don’t go, you stay, you relate
You carry the hard things… you carry the weight
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Not when it’s easy, not when it’s clean
But when it’s messy and in between
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[CHORUS]
Real love is built, it’s worn, it’s tried
It stands through storms when you wanna hide
It’s “I’d choose you on the hardest days”
Not just the sunshine, not just the praise
So don’t say the words if you don’t feel the weight
‘Cause real love waits… and real love stays
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[BRIDGE]
(stripped back, almost spoken)
Maybe the problem was never the phrase
We just forgot what the promise says
It’s not in saying it every day
It’s in the staying… come what may
(slight build)
When it breaks… when it bends…
When you question it again…
That’s the moment it’s real
That’s the moment you feel…
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[FINAL CHORUS — BIGGER]
Real love is built, it’s worn, it’s tried
It stands through storms when you wanna hide
It’s “I’d choose you on the hardest days”
Not just the sunshine, not just the praise
So don’t say the words if you don’t feel the weight
‘Cause real love waits… and real love stays
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[OUTRO]
(soft, fading)
three words…
mean everything…
if they’re true…
#AIDEEPEXISTENCE
