If I Could Love You Again

I still see you in the morning light
In every dream that ends too quiet
The words I should've said back then
Still echo through my chest again

I built a world with half a heart
Thinking time could play your part
But every road I try to mend
Still circles back to where we end

I thought forever was just a word
Until I lost what I had heard

If I could love you again
I'd hold on tighter, I'd let you in
I'd keep the promises I let bend
And never run when storms begin
I'd choose your heart before my pride
I'd stay and fight instead of hide
If I could love you again
I'd never let it end

I still replay the way you'd smile
That quiet grace, that fragile style
I was too scared to really see
The kind of love you gave to me

Now I walk through the years we lost
Counting the cost of what it cost
And if the heavens gave one chance
I'd trade my peace for one last dance

I thought time could make me whole
But it just deepened what you stole

If I could love you again
I'd start from truth, not from pretend
I'd trace your tears until they end
And learn your heart, not just defend
I'd whisper things I left unsaid
And choose your soul instead of dread
If I could love you again
I'd love you till the end

I've learned that love is not control
It's letting go but keeping soul
And though I lost what could have been
You're still the calm inside my skin

If I could love you again
I'd be the man I wasn't then
No more fear, no more refrain
Just every truth without the pain
And if my heart could try again
I'd find my way back to your hand

If I could love you again
I'd never let it end
If I could love you, again
Just once again