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The Way I Love Her


I'd be lying

If I said I wasn't terrified

Killing myself trying

Been running

All my life

I'd be lying

If I told you

I didn't want this

Because I do

I want this 

More than I want to breathe

I want you

Next to me

I want this miracle

Inside of me

I want it so badly

I can feel her in my arms

But I'm still so scared

 

Still young

So young

And terribly foolish

Can I be enough

For her

Can I be 

What I never had

Can you be the dad

I never knew

I love you

And is that enough

To be enough for her

Will she love me

The way I already love her

Will she forgive me

When she realizes

In time

There's a real human behind these eyes

That I'm not perfect

Will she still love me

Like I love her

 

Baby please

I'm shaken

And terrified to the bone

I don't want to let this go

Tired of being alone

But I don't want

To hurt her

The way I was

I don't want to leave her

Like he left me

I want to be

What she needs

What you see

When you look at me

I know

You love me

So will she love me

Like I love her

 

Because I love her

Growing strong

Inside of me

I love her

My whole world

Wrapped up

In one wish

I never knew

I prayed for

Is it too much

To ask for it all to go okay

To be alright

Is it too much

To need strength right now

For her

Because I just need to know

Will she love me

The way I love her

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