Let It Be Love

I've been down this road before

Cheap sparks and half-closed doors

Kisses that don't mean a thing

Hands that hold but never cling

I've played the part, I've said the lines

Fell for every sweet disguise

But something in the way you look at me

Feels like maybe this could be

So if you're gonna come close

Don't play the ghost

Don't leave me guessing or half-alive

Let it be love

Not another lesson I cry through

Not a maybe I cling to

Not a name I erase from my phone

If you're gonna stay

Then stay like you mean it, don't run

If this is something, let it be someone

I don't have to get over when it's done

Please—let it be love

I'm tired of almosts and one-night hearts

Of feeling whole, then torn apart

You smile like you mean forever

But I've been wrong before—too clever

To fall for looks or perfect lines

But you feel different this time

So if you're gonna light the match

Don't leave me in the ash

Don't say you care if it's just a lie

Let it be love

Not a secret I keep in my head

Not a silence I learn to forget

Not a memory dressed up as fate

If you're gonna hold me

Hold me with both of your hands

Not like I'm something you won't understand

Not like a story that's destined to end

Let it be love

If we break, let it break something real

I'm done with the fake, the almost, the steal

I'd rather fall for something true

Than stay safe and never know you

So let it be love

With all its mess and its fire

With the fear and the hope and desire

Let it scare me, let it shake me

Let it be love

If it's gonna change me, let it

If it's gonna break me, I'll take it

Just don't make me doubt what I feel

Let it be love