Playing settingsUkulele · Original key
Rhythm & accompaniment
VERSE
First one to the blast light on,
coffee cold before the dawn,
lunch box show work boost tight,
mortgage due and bills to pay,
another piece of me to trade,
Seems I'm the answer every day
I got real good at carrying weight
Got real bad at saying what breaks
Been so many years being strong
I forgot where I put myself
I never needed my name in the lights
I just wanted to come home
CHORUS
I can hold this whole world up,
can't repress it till my back gives way
But I can't make two hearts touch,
and that's what scares me these days
I don't need another someday,
I need to know you still see me when you look me in the eye
I don't wanna be convenient
open I can be the man they laid on
The one who carries every burden
But even strong men need somebody
God, I still need to feel chosen
VERSE
We became bills and calendar squares
living upstairs Conversations turned to logistics
Updates instead of intimacy
I know life can wear love fans
I know kids and work get loud
Somewhere between surviving
BRIDGE
I'm a thousand rows back home,
a coffee together before the kids wake up.
a hand reaching for mile without me asking first.
It never had to be grand,
just something that said,
Because when somebody feels invisible long enough,
CHORUS
I don't need another speech
I need to know this marriage is still somewhere within reach
I don't want to be tolerated
I don't want to be managed
I don't want to be accommodated
while we pretend we're not damaged
on I can carry what gets broken
But I still need somebody
VERSE
By the time most men finally speak,
they've already carried it for months
Replayed every conversation,
tried not to become a burden
running out of places to hide
worked exhausted. Not because I love the work,
but because I love this stable.
and feeling like the marriage
I sacrificed for disappeared
while I was trying to save.
Kids don't need a picture
life They don't need parents
They need to see two people
worth keeping They need to see us laugh,
see us choose each other again
and again Cause they're learning
CHORUS
And some days the truth keeps me awake at night
me I can't make you reach
for me I can't make you choose
me And I don't want a love that has to be begged
for I don't want affection given out of guilt
The thing we used to have
I don't need another someday
I need something I can hold
A love that lives in what we do
BRIDGE
Not just stories we've been told I can carry all the pressure
And whether what gets broken
I've been too scared to say
CHORUS
Is even strong men need somebody
Even husbands need somebody
And after all these years
I still need the feel chosen
Not wanted for what I provide
Not needed for what I carry
Not kept because leaving would be hard
OUTRO
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