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Track 05 · Official lyrics

Why Would I

4:42Debut albumWritten by Nick Duffey

A soulful promise that love should feel safe, patient, and protective—and that trust is rebuilt through consistent action.

Mmm... yeah...
Don’t you worry, baby...

You’ve got that look in your eyes again
Like the past is knocking on your door
Like love’s just something that breaks in half
Like you’ve been here before
You flinch when the silence lingers too long
Like calm means something’s wrong
But I ain’t wired like the ghosts you knew
I don’t play those songs

If your heart’s a house with shattered glass
Let me be the hands that sweep it clean
I don’t want control, I don’t want power
I just want you next to me

Girl, if I hurt you, I’m bleeding too
There ain’t no line between me and you
Same soul, same breath, same truth
Breaking you would break me too
I don’t raise my voice, I don’t raise my hand
The only thing I raise is what we can be
If I ever cause you pain like that
It’d be like I’m hurting me

I see the weight that you try to hide
In the way you second-guess my touch
Like love’s a thing you’ve got to survive
Not something you can trust
But I ain’t here to rewrite your scars
Or pretend they don’t exist
I’m just here proving day by day
You’re safe in this

You don’t have to brace for impact now
There’s no storm behind my kiss
I don’t do love halfway, no
It’s all of this

Girl, if I hurt you, I’m bleeding too
There ain’t no line between me and you
Same soul, same breath, same truth
Breaking you would break me too
I don’t raise my voice, I don’t raise my hand
The only thing I raise is what we can be
If I ever cause you pain like that
It’d be like I’m hurting me

You’re not someone I could ever fight
You’re the reason I feel right
So why would I tear down my own light?
Why would I dim my own sky?
Nah... I protect what I love
And I love you too much
To ever cross that line

No, no...
I don’t hurt you
No, no...
I don’t hurt me
We’re the same, baby...

Girl, if I hurt you, I’m bleeding too
There ain’t no line between me and you
Same soul, same breath, same truth
Breaking you would break me too
So lay your fears down next to mine
We’ll let them fade in time
You’re not alone, you never were
Your heart’s safe here in mine

Mmm...
Same skin... same soul...
No harm... just home...