Beside You

I was raised in shadows, taught to run from light

Love was just a weapon, dressed up like it's right

Hands that said they'd hold me, cut me till I bled

So when you said you loved me, I just shut my head

But you stayed when the walls came down

You kissed the ash from a fire-burned crown

You drank my poison, called it wine

You're the only thing that feels like mine

I don't say it right, I don't wear it well

But I'd drag my soul through fire and hell

You're the one truth I've ever known

I'll never let you face this world alone

Through every scar, through every night

You'll find me waking by your side

You ask if I love you—God, I wish I showed

More than broken silence, more than coming home

But I was built on fault lines, cracked from the start

You love the ruins, I just brace my heart

But you stand when the earth gives way

Hold me back from the edge I crave

Even when I'm lost in my own skin

You drag me out and pull me in

I'm the war that never ends, the cold inside my chest

But your love's the only thing that ever made me rest

I'll fight myself to keep you whole

I'll stand between you and the fall

Even broken, even blind

You'll find me waking by your side

This love ain't perfect, it's forged in flame

But I'd set the world ablaze just to speak your name

I don't say it right, I don't wear it well

But I'd drag my soul through fire and hell

You're the one truth I've ever known

I'll never let you face this world alone

I'm the war that never ends, the cold inside my chest

But I'll still wake beside you every breath

Even broken, even blind

You'll find me waking by your side

Steam in your cup, fire in my chest…

You loved the beast, and gave him rest.