In another life, we'd find each other quicker But this life, I'll spend it learning how to come home to you In another life, we'd waste no time No maps to fold, no clocks to mind You'd be the first line I ever write And the last light I keep through the night You make me want to put love down in ink Then fold the page and learn to live it, not just think I don't want your shape to bend for me No asking you to be what you're not I want the truth of you, unclothed and free A quiet room where we can both be caught I will treat your heart like a home, honored to be let in Shelter in the day, shelter when the storms begin We'll return to the last honest word and build from there Tiny faithful moments that change everything inside the air I will stand with you in the thin and thick Hold the map when roads go trick Ask you to stand with me as I learn to grow Plant seeds in the small places only we will know No applause required for what we do at night No witnesses needed for the steady light I won't ask you to fit a mould I made I'll love the edges, raw and real We'll tend the quiet vows, the promises we trade And show up when the world forgets how to feel I will treat your heart like a home, honored to be let in Shelter in the day, shelter when the storms begin We'll return to the last honest word and build from there Tiny faithful moments that change everything inside the air Love, to me, is returning again and again To that last honest conversation And starting from that truth It isn't fireworks for the crowd It's the quiet that keeps us The breakfast laugh, the half-told dream The evening silence where our fingers lean Little things that nobody sees, but we do They are the life I promise you I will treat your heart like a home honored to be let in Shelter in the day, shelter when the storms begin We'll return to the last honest word and build from there Tiny faithful moments that change everything inside the air I don't just want to love you, I want to live you, whole and true To make the ordinary sacred, every simple day with you In another life, maybe we'd rush Here, I'll stay slow, and learn how to come home to you, always