Loving You Means Losing Me

I'm full of doubts and things you cannot see.

I'm trying my best, though I stumble and fall,

But sometimes my silence says nothing at all.

You ask for things my heart is scared to do,

I want to be enough, but I don't know how to.

I tell you the truth, yet you question my heart,

And every time you doubt me, we drift further apart.

Pre-Chorus

You gave me tenderness, a place to belong,

You held me so gently when my world felt wrong.

But how can I give you the love that you seek

When I'm fighting a battle too painful to speak?

Chorus

I miss you when the silence fills the night,

I wish that loving you could make it right.

But I'm tied down by a life I cannot leave behind,

With a heart that wants you and a troubled mind.

You gave me your love, your promises, your all,

But I'm afraid of answering when you call.

Because loving you may mean losing me,

And I'm not sure that's the price I'm meant to pay to be free.

Verse 2

I'm not pretending that I feel nothing at all,

You're the one I think of when the evening falls.

You make me feel wanted, you make me feel seen,

You awaken the woman I've buried within.

But there are lines that I am frightened to cross,

And choosing my heart may come at a cost.

I never meant to make you feel alone,

But I have a life and a world of my own.

Pre-Chorus

I know that my hesitation hurts you,

And I understand why you question what's true.

But please don't mistake my fear for a lie;

Sometimes the hardest truth is the one we can't deny.

Chorus

I miss you when the silence fills the night,

I wish that loving you could make it right.

But I'm tied down by a life I cannot leave behind,

With a heart that wants you and a troubled mind.

You gave me your love, your promises, your all,

But I'm afraid of answering when you call.

Because loving you may mean losing me,

And I'm not sure that's the price I'm meant to pay to be free.

Bridge

What good is love if I must lose my peace?

What kind of freedom comes with new chains on me?

I don't want to hurt you, I don't want to pretend,

But I cannot break myself just to keep this from the end.

Maybe in another life, we'd have a different start,

No walls to stand between us, no fear inside my heart.

But here and now, with everything at stake,

I must decide how much of me I'm willing to break.

Final Chorus

I'll miss you when the silence fills the night,

And part of me will wonder if we could have made it right.

But I'm tied down by a life I cannot simply erase,

And I cannot find forever if I lose myself along the way.

You gave me something beautiful, a love I won't deny,

And I'll carry what you gave me, even if we say goodbye.

Because loving you was real, though I couldn't give you all of me,

And sometimes letting go is the only way to keep your soul free.

Outro

I'm not saying I don't love you,

I'm just scared of what love asks me to do.

I may always wonder what we could have been,

But I cannot lose myself just to love you again.