I Don't Love Me The Way You Do

I wrote this song for my husband, it's in recognition of the way he loves me. It's not a fairtytale, it's real. He holds me exactly how I need to be held. He sees the best in me, even when I don't. We have been together for 24 years. It hasn't been a straight ride. But relationships, take work, and they get stronger each time.

I love you Adam.

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I Don't Love Me The Way You Do

From the EP: Resonance

I Don't Love Me The Way You Do

by layla_foord

[Verse 1]

I don’t love me the way you do

Not with soft eyes and no need for proof

You see the best in the mess I hide

While I still flinch at my quiet side

[Pre-Chorus]

You touch my shoulder like I’m not made of fear

Say the words I need, like they’re always near

But I’ve spent years breaking myself in two

To become the girl that I thought you knew

[Chorus]

The way you hold me

The things you've told me

I want to believe them, but they don’t land true

You love me fully

But I don’t love me

Not the way you do

[Verse 2]

You make space when I disappear

Call it magic when I call it unclear

You wait through storms I can’t predict

You see strength in what I call conflict

[Bridge]

Maybe your love is the map I need

But I still doubt every breath I breathe

So I watch from the edges of something whole

Trying to meet you from the fractured fold

[Chorus]

The way you hold me

The things you’ve told me

I hear them all like a distant tune

You love me truly

But I don’t love me

Not the way you do

[Outro]

Still… I’m learning

Still… I’m turning

To find that version you already knew

To love me gently

One day maybe

The way you do

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