"FRIENDS"

We don’t have to hide it There’s nothing we pretend When you look at me like that I know how this would end Your hands don’t hesitate Your heart doesn’t lie It’s not about confusion It’s about the life you’ve chosen in your mind You say you know your truth You’re not running from desire But the future you believe in Doesn’t match this fireYou want a house with open doors Children down the hall A version of forever That doesn’t risk it all Chorus So we can’t be together Even though it’s real We’re everything in private That we can’t let the world see or feel You’ll stand beside a woman Build the life you planned And I’ll be in the background Letting go of your hand We’ll call it just a friendship Like that makes it fine But love doesn’t turn to nothingJust because we draw a line Verse 2 They’d say the years between us Are reason enough to walk Like numbers tell a story Louder than our hearts They’d call it just a moment They’d say it won’t last long But they don’t feel the silence When we’re wrapped up in a song You’ve loved me without hiding You’ve said it without shame But you believe your happiness Needs a different nameAnd I can’t be the reason You question what you trust So I’ll hold you like a memory And loosen my grip on us Pre-Chorus You say your peace depends upon Following that design And loving me would pull you Across a sacred line Chorus So we can’t be together Even though we try We’re two hearts in alignment Under a different sky You’ll live the life you’re reaching for I’ll step out of the way We’ll smile like nothing’s brokenMaybe love is choosing Not to make someone choose Knowing what you’re losing And letting yourself lose Maybe loving you Means setting both of us free Even if forever Was never meant for me Final Chorus (soft, stripped down) We can’t be together Even though we care If it were only feeling You’d still be standing here But faith and time and future All ask for something more So I’ll love you in the quiet Like I’ve never loved before.