The One I Need

I've been good at standing tall

Even when the room feels small

I don't usually let it show

But tonight the quiet's loud you know

I've held my heart with steady hands

Learned how not to ask or beg

But there's a truth I can't outrun

I'm stronger now but not immune

I don't need saving I don't need fixing

I don't need someone to fight my wars

But when the world starts closing in

You're the one I'm reaching for

You're the one I need when I'm wide awake

When the lights go down and my mind won't break

Not to complete me just to remind me

I don't have to carry it all alone

Yeah, you're the one I need not to be my cure

Just to sit with me when the night feels long

I don't need forever I don't need control

Just you right here when I need you most

I've been taught to bite my tongue

Say"I'm fine" and move along

But you read me like a page

Every doubt every shade

I don't talk about the fear

But you hear it anyway

You don't push you don't pull

You just stay

I don't need answers I don't need direction

I've walked these roads before

But when the weight gets heavy on my chest

You're the place I rest my soul

You're the one I need when I'm wide awake

When the lights go down and my mind won't break

Not to complete me just to remind me

I don't have to carry it all alone

Yeah you're the one I need not to be my cure

Just to sit with me when the night feels long

I don't need forever I don't need control

Just you right here when I need you most

Maybe love ain't fireworks in the sky

Maybe it's quiet maybe it's kind

Maybe it's knowing I don't have to pretend

When I'm with you, I can just be a man

No armor on, no lines rehearsed

Just a heartbeat just the words"I'm here"

Yeah you're the one I need