I know you think you’re hard

I know you think you’re hard to love
Like everything you do’s too much
You hold your breath when you need me near
Like asking me to stay’s your biggest fear

You hide your tears behind a smile
Say you’re okay, just one more time
But I can see the weight you bear
And I wish you knew I want to be there


You say you’re sorry when you cry
Like loving you’s a sacrifice
But if you saw what I can see
You’d know you’re everything to me


You don’t have to earn my love
You don’t have to be enough
For everybody in this world
You’re already my whole world

And when your mind says I will leave
I wish that you could just believe
I see the scars you try to hide
And I still want you by my side

You’re not a burden I must bear
You’re the reason I am here


I know you’ve learned to stand alone
To make a shelter out of stone
And every time you need a hand
You pull away before I can

You think your past is all I see
But that’s not who you are to me
I see the girl who fought to stay
When everything was falling away


You think I’ll wake up and regret
The life we’ve made, the love we’ve kept
But darling, if you only knew
How many times I’d still choose you


You don’t have to earn my love
You don’t have to be enough
For everybody in this world
You’re already my whole world

And when your mind says I will leave
I wish that you could just believe
I see the scars you try to hide
And I still want you by my side

You’re not a burden I must bear
You’re the reason I am here


And I know that I can’t fix your past
Can’t promise every day will last
Without a fight, without some pain
But I won’t make you beg me to remain

And if you fall apart tonight
You don’t have to make it right
You can be angry, you can cry
You don’t have to tell me why

And if you can’t believe you’re loved
Then let me love you through the doubt
You don’t have to carry everything
Just let me in, just let me in


You never had to earn my love
You were always more than enough
And if the world can’t see your worth
Then it doesn’t know what love is worth

And when you’re scared I’ll walk away
I’ll hold you close and let you say
Every thought that keeps you up at night
I’ll hear them all and hold you tight

You’re not a burden I must bear
You’re the one I want right here


I know you think you’re hard to love
But loving you was never tough

And if you ask me why I stay…

It’s you.

It’s always been you.