If You're Happy

Morning light in a half-awake room

Coffee cooling like words we don't use

You tie your laces, I count the space

Between what we are and what we used to say

There's a rhythm to the way we move

Quiet faith in the things we do

I don't need perfect, I don't need more

Just you laughing barefoot on the floor

I don't need a spotlight, I don't need a crown

I don't need the world to ever slow down

If you're laughing in the next room over

If the kids are safe and your heart feels closer

If you're happy, I'm steady, I'm alright

If you're smiling, I sleep through the night

I don't need much, just truth in your eyes

'Cause loving you is watching you shine

Every dream I ever held came true

In the sound of their laughter, the shape of you

If they're good, then so am I

Your happiness is the only thing that's mine

Lately silence has learned your name

We talk, but it don't feel the same

I catch you staring past the door

Like you're already somewhere I can't reach anymore

I've searched my hands for where I failed

Every promise, every nail

If love could fix what I can't undo

God knows I'd bleed myself back into you

I don't need forgiveness dressed in gold

I don't need forever if it's cold

If you're breathing easier tonight

If your world feels lighter in the light

If you're happy, I'm steady, I'm alright

If you're smiling, I sleep through the night

I don't need much, just truth in your eyes

'Cause loving you is watching you shine

Every dream I ever held came true

In the sound of their laughter, the shape of you

If they're good, then so am I

Your happiness is the only thing that's mine

And if I'm the reason the light left your face

If loving me's the weight you've carried for days

I won't chain your heart to my pride

I won't ask you to stay if staying costs you your life

I'd rather break here than watch you fade

I'd rather lose you than see you in pain

If letting go is the last thing I do right

I'll step aside so you can find your light

If you're happy, I'll learn how to be okay

Even if your smile's not mine to save

I don't need forever in your eyes

Just to know you're finally alive

Every prayer I whispered for you

Was never about what we'd hold onto

If they're good, I'll be alright

Your happiness was never meant to be mine

So go be whole, go be free

I'll love you best by letting you leave

And if they ask me where my heart resides

I'll say in the years we tried