Say My Name

I was runnin' from mirrors I couldn't stand to face

Told myself"you good" but I felt outta place

Heart learned defense before it learned to trust

Every"almost" love turned my patience to dust

Then you walked in calm, didn't rush my pace

You let me be broken without needin' to fix

You read my silence better than my tone

Made a man feel chosen before he felt known

You don't need the version of me that impress

You love the one that exhales, the one that rests

If I ever doubt what forever could do

I just look at the way you look at me too

The way you say my name slow

Like you know somethin' I don't

Every time the world get loud

You bring my spirit back home

I don't promise perfect days

But I promise I'll stay

If love got a language, baby

I hear it every time you say my name

I been loved for potential, loved for what I provide

But you love me for the parts I don't advertise

You see the boy in me still tryna heal

And the man tryna build somethin' honest and real

You don't compete with my past, you completed the page

Every scar got quiet the moment you stayed

I was taught love is loud, passion that fades

You showed me forever don't need to be explained

If I lose my way, you still my direction

If faith ever shake, you still my reflection

When my voice get tired, you hear what I meant

You love me in ways I ain't learned how to yet

The way you say my name slow

Like a vow in the quiet

If the world ever change on me

You the part I'll stay tied to

The way you say my name slow

Like you know somethin' I don't

Every time the world get loud

You bring my spirit back home

I don't promise perfect days

But I promise I'll stay

If love got a language, baby

I hear it every time you say my name